- Date
- August 17, 1970
- Place
- Kernville, CA · KERNVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7829SBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107823
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4482 70/8/17 NR.KERNVILLE,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 7804 TIME - 1315 N7829S PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL TOTAL HOURS, 1818 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RODEO MEADOWS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: BLOWER,IMPELLER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SLING LOADING WATER TO FIRE ON MT SIDE. TURBOCHARGER IMPELLER FAILED AT CRITICAL LDG APCH POSITION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7829S
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7829SRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N7829S · 3
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