- Date
- June 4, 1970
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4077GBell 47G3B2
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124226
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2424 70/6/4 NR.LAS VEGAS,NEV BELL 47G3B2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2800 TIME - 1115 N4077G PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 485 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION S TONOPAH,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT INADVERTANTLY MOVED CTLS,HAD FOCUSED ATTN ON NEWLY INSTALLED RADAR ALTIMETER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4077G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4077GRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2012 · Bell 47G-3B-2Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-2Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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