- Date
- December 12, 1976
- Place
- Vanceville, GA · VANCEVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3575Bell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761212037429A
- Case key
- 156637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3848 76/12/12 VANCEVILLE,GA BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1120 TIME - 1530 N3575 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANCEVILLE,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- SETTLED INTO WATER DRG PRACT HOVER.STUDENT ROTORCRAFT PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3575
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3575Registration cancelled Mar 6, 2021 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine 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 N3575 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW91LA126Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportProvencal, LAFuel leakage from the fuel drain valve. A factor was the inaccessibility of suitable terrain for fored landing.NTSB FTW87LA107Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportArdmore, OKThe pilot reportedly heard an unusual noise in the engine and made a precautionary autorotation to landing. Touchdown was on uneven terrain and in a nose low attitude. This resulted in the tail rotor assembly being chopped off the tail boom by the main rotor…NTSB FTW79DPJ37Accident · No injuriesClosedArdmore, OK