Bell 47G3B1 N1182W

7 August 1970 · Diablo, Washington, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 7 August 1970 at about 08:07 local time, a Bell 47G3B1 registered N1182W, operated by Alpine Helicop, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Diablo, Washington, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 August 1970 at 08:07
Classification: Accident
Location: Diablo, Washington, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G3B1
Registration: N1182W
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Alpine Helicop
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Camp Ground, Wash → Thunder Creek, Wash
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1737

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	2	1

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

INSPECTING POSSIBLE FIELD LDG SITES IN MTS.HEL SKID HIT STUMP ON LDG GO-AROUND.

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 3-1737, 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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