- Date
- August 20, 1978
- Place
- Billings, MT · BILLINGS, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90769Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780820023649A
- Case key
- 139982
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2218 78/8/20 BILLINGS,MT BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1500 N90769 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 46, 20000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLAINE,MT BILLINGS,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- T/R HIT FENCE POST IN TALL GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90769
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N90769Registration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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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 N90769 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN84LA079Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOgden, UTThe plt took off from a mountainous work site to return to salt lake city, UT. The wx was clear at the work site (elevation 6700 ft), but there was fog below. After encountering the fog, the plt hovered with a slow forward speed over snow covered terrain. A…NTSB DEN76FTE18Accident · No injuriesClosedDenver, CO