- Date
- June 4, 1974
- Place
- Stratford, WA · STRATFORD, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1135WBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740604014939A
- Case key
- 128098
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1901 74/6/4 STRATFORD,WASH BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3818 TIME - 1115 N1135W PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 1171 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EPHRATA,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLEW INTO PARTIALLY OBSCURED WIRES OVR LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1135W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
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 N1135W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.