- Date
- June 29, 1972
- Place
- Springville, CA · SPRINGVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3096GBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166612
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0944 72/6/29 SPRINGVILLE,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 4021 TIME - 1800 N3096G PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 1818 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JORDAN PEAK,CALIF SPRINGVILLE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT SET SLING-LOADED WRECKED HELICOPTER DOWN. ENG LOST PWR,DUE NR 2 & 5 VALVES.DESCENDED INTO LOAD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3096G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3096GRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2025 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N3096G · 2
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