- Date
- August 7, 1978
- Place
- Snoqualmie Fls, WA · SNOQUALMIE FLS, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1182WBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780807030169A
- Case key
- 139599
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2641 78/8/7 NR.SNOQUALMIE FLS,WA BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1388 TIME - 1630 N1182W PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 47 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR VALLEY,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- EXTREME UPSLOPE.RECOVERY DATE 8-9-78
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1182W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1182WRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine 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 N1182W · 2
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