Bell 47G-5A N7990J

11 September 1980 · Yuma, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 11 September 1980 at about 01:55 local time, a Bell 47G-5A registered N7990J, operated by Rio Verde Heli, was involved in an accident during in flight near Yuma, Arizona, 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: 11 September 1980 at 01:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Yuma, Arizona, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G-5A
Registration: N7990J
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Rio Verde Heli
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3466

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

PINION GEAR BEARING FAILED IN MAIN ROTOR TRANSMISSION.1061HRS SINCE OVRHAUL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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 3-3466, 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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