- Date
- March 30, 1966
- Place
- Sierra City, CA · SIERRA CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8437EBell 47G-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0174 66/3/30 NR.SIERRA CITY CALIF BELL 47G-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 1006 TIME - 1450 N8437E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 782 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JACKSON L.HELIPRT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUNNING HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-TURBO SUPERCHARGER WASTE GATE VALVE. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SUPRCHRGER-AIR RESEARCH MODEL T-902 PN402420-2.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8437E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jackson L.Heliprt
N8437ERegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Bell 47G-3Airframe modelBell 47G-3Engine modelFranklin 6VS-335 series
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