- Date
- September 16, 1967
- Place
- S.Lak Tahoe, CA · S.LAK TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7829SBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0984 67/9/16 S.LAK TAHOE,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1445 N7829S PX- 0 0 2 OTHER AGE 45, 545 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 203 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SURF-SAND HELIPAD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: EXTERNAL SUPERCHARGER POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: GASKET POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: CLAMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- SKID EQUIP ACFT,ON PAX HOP CRASHED IN LK, DUE TO AIR LEAKS IN SUPERCHARGER-EXHAUST SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7829S
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Surf-Sand Helipad
N7829SRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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 N7829S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.