- Date
- June 27, 1979
- Place
- Dallesport, WA · DALLESPORT, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73234Bell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790627020619A
- Case key
- 201206
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1639 79/6/27 DALLESPORT,WA BELL 47G-3B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N73234 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE AGE 33, 5183 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 186 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THE DALLES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLESPORT,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: OTHER HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PWR RECOVERY FROM AUTOROTATION.HIT T/R FIRST.CARB LEAN IN CRUISE & FULL POWER CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73234
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- The Dalles Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.