Bell 47G3B1 N73972
10 July 1980 · Mescalero, New Mexico, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 10 July 1980 at about 08:30 local time, a Bell 47G3B1 registered N73972, operated by Sundance Helic, was involved in an accident during in flight near Mescalero, New Mexico, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 08:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mescalero, New Mexico, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G3B1
- Registration
- N73972
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Sundance Helic
- Operating rule
- Federal-Public Aircraft
- Purpose of flight
- Aerial Mapping/Photography
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Apache Summit, Nm → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2299
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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
PLT STATED MAY HAVE ROLLED OFF THROTTLE DURING ATTEMPT TO REGAIN ROTOR RPM
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 |
| 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 | - |
| 12 Aug 1980 | Bell 47G3B1 | Los Angeles, California, United States | CTY of Los ANG | Serious 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 | - |