- Date
- March 3, 1974
- Place
- Forks, WA · FORKS, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5161BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740303006179A
- Case key
- 170233
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0758 74/3/3 FORKS,WASH BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 5100 TIME - 1430 N5161B PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORKS,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CLUTCH SLIPPED DURING VERTICAL LIFT.UNABLE TO REENGAGE CLUTCH,HIT STUMPS,CAUSE OF MALF UNKNOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5161B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5161BRegistration cancelled Dec 17, 2014 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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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 N5161B · 3
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