- Date
- October 24, 1975
- Place
- Sandpoint, ID · SANDPOINT, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4070JBell 47G3B2
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201311
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3388 75/10/24 SANDPOINT,ID BELL 47G3B2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 7165 TIME - 0945 N4070J PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 2010 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANDPOINT,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK PWR LINES WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A MEADOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4070J
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed