- Date
- July 11, 1970
- Place
- Conconully, WA · CONCONULLY, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N979BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2980 70/7/11 CONCONULLY,WASH BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3464 TIME - 1535 N979B PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 713 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKANOGAN,WASH CONCONULLY,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT PWR LINES ABOUT 100 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N979B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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.