- Date
- May 24, 1977
- Place
- Mt.Vernon, MO · MT.VERNON, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N925VBell 47D
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770524012629A
- Case key
- 157192
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1341 77/5/24 MT.VERNON,MO BELL 47D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2825 TIME - 1800 N925V PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OZARK,MO MT.VERNON,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- GASCOLATOR NOT SAFETIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N925V
- Reported as
- Bell 47D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N925VRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2006 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 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 N925V · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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