Bell 47G3B1 N73972
21 February 1973 · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 21 February 1973 at about 10:00 local time, a Bell 47G3B1 registered N73972, operated by Hosking, RS, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. 4 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 10:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G3B1
- Registration
- N73972
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Hosking, RS
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Park City, Utah → Snowbird Resort
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0340
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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
FORCED TO LAND DOWN WIND AND DOWN SLOPE.BROKEN TIMING GEAR.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jun 1973 | Bell 47G3B1 | Magna, Utah, United States | Rocky Mountain | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Feb 1973 | Bell 47G3B1 | Gridley, California, United States | Bowles Flying | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jun 1973 | Bell 47G3B1 | Carbondale, Colorado, United States | Sky Choppers I | No injuries | - |
| 13 Sep 1973 | Bell 47G3B1 | Pitkin, Colorado, United States | Interwest Corp | No injuries | - |
| 29 Jun 1973 | Bell 47G3B1 | Belden, California, United States | United Helicop | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 May 1973 | Bell 47G3B1 | Dayton, Montana, United States | Johnson Flying | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |