Bell 47G3B1 N73909

5 February 1964 · Little Nway Calif, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 5 February 1964 at about 16:45 local time, a Bell 47G3B1 registered N73909, operated by Elling Halvers, was involved in an accident during in flight near Little Nway Calif, California, United States. 3 people were on board and one died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 February 1964 at 16:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Little Nway Calif, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G3B1
Registration: N73909
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Elling Halvers
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0989

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	1	2	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

OBJECTS PLACED IN LITTER BY PSG.AND NOT SECURED.MISC-TAIL ROTOR STRUCK BY UNSECURD OBJECT IN FLGHT

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 2-0989, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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