- Date
- June 26, 1964
- Place
- Tujunga, CA · TUJUNGA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8496EBell 47G3B
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183529
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0246 64/6/26 TUJUNGA CALIF BELL 47G3B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1700 N8496E PX- 0 0 2 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY AGE 43, 7453 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1061 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-FOREIGN MATERIAL BLOCKAGE OF AIR FILTER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8496E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8496ERegistration cancelled Sep 15, 2009 · Bell 47G-3BAirframe modelBell 47G-3BEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N8496E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.