- Date
- January 13, 1976
- Place
- Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2134Bell 47D-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760113002999A
- Case key
- 152371
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0149 76/1/13 SACRAMENTO,CA BELL 47D-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1205 N2134 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 475 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 148 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JENSEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACRAMENTO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- ACFT TETHERED TO TRAILER BY CABLE ACROSS FRONT OF R SKID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2134
- Reported as
- Bell 47D-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jensen
N2134Registration cancelled Jan 11, 2018 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2134 · 1
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