- Date
- June 7, 1978
- Place
- Benton City, WA · BENTON CITY, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N31552Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780607016509A
- Case key
- 141322
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1620 78/6/7 BENTON CITY,WA BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 3800 TIME - 0715 N31552 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HELI TRAILER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BENTON CITY,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- TKOF FROM TRAILER,NO LOAD. R SKID TIEDOWN NOT REMOVED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31552
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Heli Trailer
N31552Registration cancelled Apr 16, 2011 · 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.