Bell 47G3B1 N25MP

6 June 1979 · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 6 June 1979 at about 12:48 local time, a Bell 47G3B1 registered N25MP, operated by District of Co, was involved in an accident during in flight near Washington, District of Columbia, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 June 1979 at 12:48
Classification: Accident
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G3B1
Registration: N25MP
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: District of Co
Operating rule: Federal-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: Police Patrol
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1756

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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.

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SETTLED WITH POWER.HIT PWR LINE.

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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 3-1756, 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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16 Sep 1979	Bell 47G3B1 N512YP	Beaver, Utah, United States no coordinates	BCI Geonetics	No injuries	-
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