- Date
- August 17, 1965
- Place
- Kakhonak, AK · KAKHONAK, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N977BBell 47G2
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0549 65/8/17 NR.KAKHONAK ALAS BELL 47G2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N977B PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 32, 4300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 850 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: HOVERING ROLL OVER IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- CROSS TUBE HOOKED FUEL DRUM HOSE DURING TAKE OFF HOVER MADE TOO CLOSE TO FUEL DRUM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N977B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N977BRegistration cancelled May 15, 2015 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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