- Date
- April 7, 1975
- Place
- Abbeville, AL · ABBEVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3109GBell 47D1-G
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750407007849A
- Case key
- 148361
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0650 75/4/7 ABBEVILLE,AL BELL 47D1-G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N3109G PX- 0 1 0 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 31, 3573 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABBEVILLE,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AERIAL PHOTO FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3109G
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1-G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3109GRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2013 · Bell 47D1GAirframe modelBell 47D1GEngine modelFranklin 6V-335 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3109G · 7
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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