- Date
- April 16, 1981
- Place
- Wingdale, NY · WINGDALE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N911XBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810416016759A
- Case key
- 126274
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0914 81/4/16 WINGDALE,NY BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N911X PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 43, 2770 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 109 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUDSON,NY DANBURY,CT 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 - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FUEL LN LEAK AT CARB FITTING.WND GSTG 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N911X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N911XRegistration cancelled Dec 5, 2014 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming 0-435
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N911X · 1
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