- Date
- March 14, 1978
- Place
- Kearney, NE · KEARNEY, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7989JBell 47G5A
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780314005049A
- Case key
- 143180
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0422 78/3/14 KEARNEY,NE BELL 47G5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 154 TIME - 1530 N7989J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEARNEY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEARNEY,NE WOOD RIVER,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- IN HOVER AT 3 TO 5 FT. AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO RIGHT AND BLADES STRUCK GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7989J
- Reported as
- Bell 47G5A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kearney Muni
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Other investigations on N7989J · 1
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