Bell 47G-4 N1198W

24 June 1981 · Jackson, Mississippi, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 June 1981 at about 14:44 local time, a Bell 47G-4 registered N1198W, operated by MS Dept.public, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Jackson, Mississippi, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 June 1981 at 14:44
Classification: Accident
Location: Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Nearest airport: Allen C.thompson
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G-4
Registration: N1198W
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: MS Dept.public
Operating rule: State-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: Check
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1293

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	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

CK PLT GAVE SIM ENG OUT, APRX 10FT AGL, DRG LVL HOVER TAXI OVR DEPRESSION.PIC RPDLY LWRD COLLECTIVE.

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 3-1293, 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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