- Date
- August 22, 1967
- Place
- Lake Tahoe, CA · LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1183WBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114906
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0628 67/8/22 NR.LAKE TAHOE,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 2778 TIME - 1630 N1183W PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1998 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO IMPROPER LIFT OFF. REMARKS- SLOPE LIFT OFF FROM JAGGED MTN SIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1183W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed