- Date
- March 23, 1975
- Place
- Porterville, CA · PORTERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1316XBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750323005739A
- Case key
- 147820
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0494 75/3/23 PORTERVILLE,CA BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N1316X PX- 0 0 0 OTHER AGE 45, 9165 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2649 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTERVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- AIR TAXI FRM WASH RACK. M/R BLADES HIT TRUCK PARKED BESIDE HELIPAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1316X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Porterville
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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 N1316X · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX88DVM02Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportOceano, CANTSB LAX86FVA11Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportPorterville, CADuring an aerial application flight the plt lost control of the helicopter and collided with a building. Examination revealed that the inside diameter of the tail rotor driveshaft was not coated with aluminized lacquer as required by the Bell finish process…NTSB LAX85LVA03Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportLindsay, CAThe acft made a forced landing in a beet field following a noise in the eng or transmission. After he heard a noise the plt auto-rotated and during the hard landing the acft was damaged.