Bell 47G-4 N3093G
13 August 1968 · Miller House, Alaska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 13 August 1968 at about 14:10 local time, a Bell 47G-4 registered N3093G, operated by Tundra Copters, was involved in an accident during in flight near Miller House, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Miller House, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G-4
- Registration
- N3093G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Tundra Copters
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3330
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
ON APPROACH TO A HOVER AT APPROX 9 FT, ACFT WAS CAUGHT IN A SEVERE WHIRLWIND.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 20 Apr 1968 | Bell 47H-1 | Cape Canaverl, Florida, United States | Quillmar Helic | No injuries | - |
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| 28 Feb 1968 | Bell 47D | La Verne, California, United States | Roll Away Sale | No injuries | - |
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