- Date
- January 16, 1972
- Place
- Rapid City, SD · RAPID CITY, SD
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N939BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165228
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0271 72/1/16 RAPID CITY,S DAK BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1358 TIME - 0845 N939B PX- 0 1 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 960 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAPID CITY,S DAK HOT SPRINGS,S DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD DNDRFT LEE SIDE RDG AT LOW ALT,SETTLED W PWR INTO LINES,CAME TO REST IN TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N939B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N939B · 3
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