- Date
- February 16, 1975
- Place
- Ixiamas, St. Barthélemy · IXIAMAS, Bolivia
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1446WBell 47G4A
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750216042989A
- Case key
- 148681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0004 75/2/16 NR.IXIAMAS,BOLV BELL 47G4A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1225 N1446W PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE AGE 30, 6180 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2010 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IXIAMAS,BOLV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING REMARKS- OPERATOR STATES HELICOPTER STRUCK BY FALLING TREE.INVEST JURISDICTION GOVT OF BOLIVIA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1446W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.