Bell 47G3B1 N1357X

9 June 1973 · Carbondale, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 June 1973 at about 13:30 local time, a Bell 47G3B1 registered N1357X, operated by Sky Choppers I, was involved in an accident during in flight near Carbondale, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 9 June 1973 at 13:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Carbondale, Colorado, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G3B1
Registration: N1357X
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Sky Choppers I
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Charter Cargo-Domestic
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1821

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

DMGD TAIL BOOM, MN ROTOR BLADES, TAIL ROTOR AND SKID GR.WIND GUSTING 12K.EXT SLING LOAD.LNDD IN MDW.

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 3-1821, 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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