Aviation Crash Map

Bell 47-G N932B

21 August 1971 · Malone, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 August 1971 at about 17:00 local time, a Bell 47-G registered N932B, operated by Johnson Indust, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Malone, New York, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Malone, New York, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Bell 47-G
Registration
N932B
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Johnson Indust
Operating rule
Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Indian Lake, Ny → Local
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3120

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 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

ONE SKID CTCD WTR, T/R HIT WTR.ACFT SPUN OUT OF CTL, SANK IN 8 FT OF WTR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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