- Date
- December 14, 1966
- Place
- Yachats, OR · YACHATS, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8554FBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1055 66/12/14 YACHATS OREG BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 11330 TIME - 1235 N8554F PX- 0 0 2 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 1940 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK POWER LINE DURING SURVEY FLT. PLT MADE SAFE LNDG. ROUTE OF FLT WAS NOT PRE-PLANNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8554F
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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