Bell 47G N7985A
8 September 1969 · Hollister, California, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 8 September 1969 at about 10:30 local time, a Bell 47G registered N7985A, operated by California Air, was involved in an accident during in flight near Hollister, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hollister, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Hollister
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G
- Registration
- N7985A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- California Air
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Power and Pipeline Patrol
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Hayward Arpt → Manteca, Calif
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3926
People
2 people had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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
HAD EXPERIENCED PLUG FOULING PRIOR THIS FLT. WASABLE TO REMOVE 6 PLUGS, EVIDENCE OF FOULING FOUND.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |