- Date
- January 20, 1974
- Place
- Wapato, WA · WAPATO, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1396XBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740120003369A
- Case key
- 186948
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0380 74/1/20 WAPATO,WASH BELL 47G-4A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2360 TIME - 0738 N1396X PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YAKIMA,WASH WHITE SWAN,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENRT TO EVAC FLOOD VICTIMS.ACFT OBSERVED IN CONTROLLED DESCENT UNTIL HITTING PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1396X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1396X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN15LA322Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGilbert, IAThe total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation because the available fuel shifted within the tanks due to an abrupt nose-low maneuver to avoid an obstacle, which resulted in a hard forced landing.NTSB ANC69A0027Accident · 1 fatalClosedKenai, AK