- Date
- July 18, 1970
- Place
- Cle Elum, WA · CLE ELUM, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2847JKaman H-43A
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191230
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3423 70/7/18 CLE ELUM,WASH KAMAN H-43A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1335 N2847J PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL AGE 31, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 190 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLE ELUM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLE ELUM,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT GOT TOO LO DURG WATER DROP ON FIRE.UN STOP SETTLING INTO TREES.ROLLED OVR INTO FIRE ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2847J
- Reported as
- Kaman H-43A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cle Elum
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