- Date
- August 6, 1967
- Place
- Clearlake, CA · CLEARLAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N73285Bell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115900
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0674 67/8/6 CLEARLAKE,CALIF BELL 47G-3B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N73285 PX- 0 0 2 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY AGE 33, 8857 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 768 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARCE 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR STRUCK TAIL SECTION ON TOUCH DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73285
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pearce
N73285Registration cancelled Apr 18, 2018 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N73285 · 3
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