- Date
- December 12, 1985, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kimberly, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73208Bell 47G-3B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851212061739A
- Case key
- 40339
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
A forced landing with a rollover onto snow occurred due to the number 3 cylinder rod failing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,connecting rod - failure,totalCause
Roll over
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow coveredFactor
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/unevenFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73208
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2745
- Airframe hours
- 3,900
- Engine
- Lycoming TV0-435 SER, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter Link
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 22, 1985 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Kimberly, ID
- Destination
- Shohone Basin, ID
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,551 total · 737 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 3 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.