Bell 47 N8186J
1 July 1972 · Monte Rio, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 July 1972 at about 10:30 local time, a Bell 47 registered N8186J, operated by County of Sono, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Monte Rio, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 10:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Monte Rio, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47
- Registration
- N8186J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- County of Sono
- Operating rule
- Other
- Purpose of flight
- All Other Public Flying
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Monte Rio Calif → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2775
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
M/R BLADE HIT TAIL BOOM.SUPPORTING FIRE CONTROL ACTIVITY.OPERATOR-COUNTY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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