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Soloy 47G N7828S

23 October 1979 · Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 23 October 1979 at about 14:45 local time, a Soloy 47G registered N7828S, operated by RKY MTN Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 14:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Soloy 47G
Registration
N7828S
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
RKY MTN Heli
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Construction Work
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
S → S
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3965

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 0 0 0

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

TOWING ROPE FRM TWRS ACROSS HWY.HELO BECAME UNSTABLE, ROPE INVLVMNT OF UNDTRMD ORIG.REL BFR IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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