- Date
- September 24, 1980
- Place
- Holbrook, PA · HOLBROOK, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13PLBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800924048479A
- Case key
- 127512
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3760 80/9/24 HOLBROOK,PA BELL 47G-4A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1890 TIME - 1620 N13PL PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 812 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PARKERSBURG,WVA SCOTTSDALE,PA DOWNTOWN PARKERSBURG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FAILURE OCRD IN ANTI-TORQUE SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13PL
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N13PL · 1
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