- Date
- May 30, 1965
- Place
- Port Moller, AK · PORT MOLLER, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7888BBell 47G2
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178163
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0401 65/5/30 NR.PORT MOLLER ALAS BELL 47G2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N7888B PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 32, 4086 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 686 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISC-HAZARDOUS OPERATION NECESSITATED BY EMERGENCY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 40 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- EMERGENCY RE-SUPPLY MISSION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7888B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N7888B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.