- Date
- June 25, 1977
- Place
- Ash Springs, NV · ASH SPRINGS, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N979BBell 47SG
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147115
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1821 77/6/25 NR.ASH SPRINGS,NV BELL 47SG CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N979B PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 24, 4380 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASH SPRINGS,NV RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 78 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DA APPROX 11300FT. WND GUSTING TO 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N979B
- Reported as
- Bell 47SG
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hico Turnoff Pad
N979BRegistration cancelled Jan 9, 2006 · Bell 47GAirframe modelBell 47GEngine modelFranklin 6VS-335 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N979B · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.