- Date
- December 21, 1974
- Place
- Auburn, CA · AUBURN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N409RGBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741221043879A
- Case key
- 144894
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4221 74/12/21 NR.AUBURN,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 84, 1215 TIME - 1640 N409RG PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 756 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUBURN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELK GROVE,CALIF AUBURN,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOW LVL FLT IN FOG.ACFT NOT IFR EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N409RG
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Auburn
FAA reports on this event · 1
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