- Date
- February 23, 1971
- Place
- Touchet, WA · TOUCHET, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6782DBell 47G3
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0619 71/2/23 TOUCHET,WASH BELL 47G3 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N6782D PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 27, 920 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOUCHET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILTON FREEWATER,ORE EUREKA,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES REMARKS- ACFT HIT UNMRKD WIRES X RWY.TOO LOW FOR PROPER RCVRY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6782D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Touchet