- Date
- November 14, 1978
- Place
- St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4997UBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781114038249A
- Case key
- 138407
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3902 78/11/14 ST LOUIS,MO BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 4943 TIME - 0658 N4997U PX- 0 1 0 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ADVISORY TOTAL HOURS, 2743 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOSTAIRE HARBOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- TIE-DOWN NOT REMOVED PRIOR TO LIFT-OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4997U
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fostaire Harbor
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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.