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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47J2A · Cactus Flats, SD · September 19, 1978

Date
September 19, 1978
Place
Cactus Flats, SD
Airport
Heliport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N90547
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC78FTK40
Reported as
Bell 47J2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
453 total163 in this make and model135 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Sight seeing operation. Overspeeding eng indicating rotor drive dinection. No mech mal found.

As the FAA filed it

SIGHT SEEING OPERATION.OVERSPEEDING ENG INDICATING ROTOR DRIVE DINECTION.NO MECH MAL FOUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.