- Date
- October 2, 1970
- Place
- Tuscarora, NV · TUSCARORA, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N512YBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158861
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4622 70/10/2 TUSCARORA,NEV BELL 47G3B1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 250 TIME - 0430 N512Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSCARORA,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOST HORIZON REFERENCE OVER RANCH LAND. DARK NIGHT. PLT DIED 10/4/70.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N512Y
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed