- Date
- August 11, 1967
- Place
- Big Meadows, CA · BIG MEADOWS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N73915Bell 47G3B
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0373 67/8/11 BIG MEADOWS,CALIF BELL 47G3B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N73915 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION AGE 33, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOADING SITE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 1 PINT WATER IN FUEL SYSTM. 1/2 PT WAS IN CARBURETOR.ACFT WAS REFUELED FROM BARREL AT LOADING SITE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73915
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Loading Site
N73915Registration cancelled Nov 17, 2014 · Bell 47G-3BAirframe modelBell 47G-3BEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N73915 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.