- Date
- July 20, 1971
- Place
- Legrande, OR · LEGRANDE, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1324XBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3715 71/7/20 LEGRANDE,OREG BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1604 TIME - 2120 N1324X PX- 0 0 2 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 156 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEGRANDE,OREG LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ALT TOO LOW FOR PROPER AUTOROTATIVE LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1324X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1324XRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 2012 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N1324X · 1
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