Bell 47G-4A N1438W

11 April 1970 · Corpus Chrsti, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 11 April 1970 at about 14:10 local time, a Bell 47G-4A registered N1438W, operated by Texas Dept of, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Corpus Chrsti, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 April 1970 at 14:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Corpus Chrsti, Texas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G-4A
Registration: N1438W
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Texas Dept of
Operating rule: State-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: Police Patrol
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0658

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

PLT HOVERED OVER PROPOSED LDG AREA, DECIDED UNSUITABLE. T/R HIT HI GRASS DURG DEPARTURE ATTEMPT.

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 3-0658, 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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