Bell 47G3B1 N1131W
12 August 1980 · Los Angeles, California, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 12 August 1980 at about 09:34 local time, a Bell 47G3B1 registered N1131W, operated by CTY of Los ANG, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Los Angeles, California, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 09:34
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G3B1
- Registration
- N1131W
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- CTY of Los ANG
- Operating rule
- Municipal-Public Aircraft
- Purpose of flight
- Test
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- Glendale, Ca → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2590
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 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
LNDD IN PARKING LOT,4 CARS DMGD.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Bell 47G3B1 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb 1980 | Bell 47G3B1 | Alpine, Arizona, United States | Air Serv. INT. | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Jul 1980 | Bell 47G3B1 | Mescalero, New Mexico, United States | Sundance Helic | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Sep 1980 | Bell 47G3B1 | Seligam, Arizona, United States | Intermountain | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jan 1980 | Bell 47G3B1 | Jefferson, Oregon, United States | Pilot Personne | Fatal | 2 |
| 30 Apr 1980 | Bell 47G3B1 | Vernal, Utah, United States | Dinaland AVN | No injuries | - |
| 20 Feb 1980 | Bell 47G3B1 | Heber, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 27 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Clinton, Maryland, United States | Andrews Aero C | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 1980 | Cessna 150 | Everett, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1980 | Grumman AA-1 | Sylvania, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 10 Apr 1980 | Cessna 150 | Colusa, California, United States | Sky View Aviat | No injuries | - |