- Date
- May 9, 1974
- Place
- Lone Pine, CA · LONE PINE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N73212Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740509034669A
- Case key
- 125888
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3046 74/5/9 NR.LONE PINE,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1411 N73212 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 41, 5473 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BISHOP,CALIF UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED LONE PINE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR STATIC: OTHER ROLL OVER STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PARKED ON MT RIDGE-ENGINE RUNNING.TAIL ROTOR DRIVE ASSY YOKE BROKE.P/N47-640-006-5.REASON UNDET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73212
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N73212 · 2
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