- Date
- July 30, 1967
- Place
- Rufus, OR · RUFUS, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8518FBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115937
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0821 67/7/30 RUFUS,OREG BELL 47G3B1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 10000 TIME - 1307 N8518F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED 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 REMARKS- POWERLINE MARKED BY 20 INCH ORANGE SPHERES AT 450 FT INTERVALS.ALSO SHOWN ON SECTIONAL AERO CHART.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8518F
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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