- Date
- November 22, 1980
- Place
- Buell, OR · BUELL, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6784DBell 47G-3
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801122080279A
- Case key
- 128033
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3379 80/11/22 BUELL,OR BELL 47G-3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0920 N6784D PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D AGE 32, 2342 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 655 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUELL,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SLING CHRISTMAS TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6784D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6784D · 1
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