- Date
- July 19, 1976
- Place
- Pittsburg, CA · PITTSBURG, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N179BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760719023509A
- Case key
- 154315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1846 76/7/19 NR.PITTSBURG,CA BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1297 TIME - 1630 N179B PX- 0 0 2 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURG,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- POWER LOSS AND VIBRATION CAUSE UNDETERMINED DUE IMPACT DAMAGE AND LONG TIME SALT WATER SUBMERSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N179B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N179BRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Bell 47GAirframe modelBell 47GEngine modelFranklin 6A4200 series
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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 N179B · 2
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