- Date
- August 11, 1968
- Place
- Garden Valley, ID · GARDEN VALLEY, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N73972Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3577 68/8/11 NR.GARDEN VALLEY,ID BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2093 TIME - 1645 N73972 PX- 0 0 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 211 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- USFS CONTRACT.HELIPAD IN WOODS ON MTN.IMMEDIATE LIFT OFF TO REPOSITION ACFT AFTER LDG.SKID SNAGGED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73972
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N73972Registration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N73972 · 4
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