Bell 47G-2 N8406E

27 June 1977 · So Lake Tahoe, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 27 June 1977 at about 10:40 local time, a Bell 47G-2 registered N8406E, operated by Reno Exec Air, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near So Lake Tahoe, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 June 1977 at 10:40
Classification: Accident
Location: So Lake Tahoe, California, United States
Nearest airport: Freel Pk.helipad
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G-2
Registration: N8406E
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Reno Exec Air
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1797

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	2	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

WIND SHIFTED FROM HEADWIND TO QUARTERING TAILWIND.DENSITY ALT APPROX 12000 FT.

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 3-1797, 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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