- Date
- June 21, 1965
- Place
- Three River, CA · THREE RIVER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1129WBell 47G3B
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178220
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0563 65/6/21 THREE RIVER CALIF BELL 47G3B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N1129W PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 30, 3502 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1200 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG BALDY HELOPAD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE REMARKS- ROTORCFT SLID OFF HELIPAD-TAIL ROTOR STRUCK GROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1129W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Baldy Helopad