- Date
- September 8, 1969
- Place
- Hollister, CA · HOLLISTER, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7985ABell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156423
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3926 69/9/8 HOLLISTER,CALIF BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1141 TIME - 1030 N7985A PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 528 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLLISTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HAYWARD ARPT MANTECA,CALIF HOLLISTER ARPT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HAD EXPERIENCED PLUG FOULING PRIOR THIS FLT. WAS ABLE TO REMOVE 6 PLUGS,EVIDENCE OF FOULING FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7985A
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hollister
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Other investigations on N7985A · 3
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