- Date
- January 4, 1978
- Place
- Milton-Freewtr, OR · MILTON-FREEWTR, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2906WBell 47G3B2
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780104008199A
- Case key
- 143405
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0757 78/1/4 NR.MILTON-FREEWTR,OR BELL 47G3B2 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5700 TIME - 1330 N2906W PX- 0 0 1 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 1400 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILTON-FREEWTR,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- LOOKING FOR CATTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2906W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2906WRegistration cancelled Sep 29, 2014 · Bell 47G-3B-2Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-2Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N2906W · 1
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