Bell 47G-4A N1396X

20 January 1974 · Wapato, Washington, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 20 January 1974 at about 07:38 local time, a Bell 47G-4A registered N1396X, operated by Helicopter SER, was involved in an accident during in flight near Wapato, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 January 1974 at 07:38
Classification: Accident
Location: Wapato, Washington, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G-4A
Registration: N1396X
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Helicopter SER
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Search and Rescue
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Yakima, Wash → White Swan, Wash
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0380

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	0	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

ENRT TO EVAC FLOOD VICTIMS.ACFT OBSERVED IN CONTROLLED DESCENT UNTIL HITTING PWR LINES.

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 3-0380, 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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