- Date
- July 13, 1975
- Place
- Montague, CA · MONTAGUE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N75273Bell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750713024659A
- Case key
- 150281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2177 75/7/13 NR.MONTAGUE,CA BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 925 TIME - 2130 N75273 PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 412 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTAGUE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTAGUE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER REMARKS- PURPOSE OF FLT WAS MOVING ACFT TO ANOTHER ARPT. LDG LITE BURNED OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75273
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Montague
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N75273 · 1
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