- Date
- October 21, 1978
- Place
- St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4989TBell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781021040579A
- Case key
- 138408
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3903 78/10/21 ST LOUIS,MO BELL 47J-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 4825 TIME - 1300 N4989T PX- 0 0 2 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 2699 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4989T
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Downtown Heliport
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4989T · 1
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