- Date
- April 15, 1978
- Place
- Kings Valley, OR · KINGS VALLEY, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2919WBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780415014089A
- Case key
- 141890
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1356 78/4/15 NR.KINGS VALLEY,OR BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 4663 TIME - 1425 N2919W PX- 0 0 1 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1974 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINGS VALLEY,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LANDED ACROSS LOGGING ROAD CUT INTO HILLSIDE.MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED UPSLOPE.RECON FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2919W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2919WRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2025 · Bell 47G-3B-2Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-2Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N2919W · 1
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