- Date
- October 16, 1966
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2816BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120978
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1030 66/10/16 NR.ANCHORAGE ALAS BELL 47G-2 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 5559 TIME - 0940 N2816B PX- 0 1 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OIL RIG TENDER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT-FAILED TO REMOVE ALL TIE DOWN LINES. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFT SANK IN COOK INLET. T/O FROM OIL RIG BARGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2816B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oil Rig Tender
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.