Bell 47G-4A N13PL
24 September 1980 · Holbrook, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 September 1980 at about 16:20 local time, a Bell 47G-4A registered N13PL, operated by Evergreen Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Holbrook, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Holbrook, Pennsylvania, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G-4A
- Registration
- N13PL
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Evergreen Heli
- Operating rule
- Other
- Purpose of flight
- Power and Pipeline Patrol
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Parkersburg, Wva → Scottsdale, Pa
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3760
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
FAILURE OCRD IN ANTI-TORQUE SYSTEM.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Feb 1980 | Grum-Amer AA-5 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Mar 1980 | Piper PA-30 | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Caro-Wings FLI | Fatal | 1 |
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| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1980 | Grumman AA-1 | Sylvania, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
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