- Date
- December 28, 1966
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73220Bell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120083
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1068 66/12/28 NR.KENAI,ALAS BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N73220 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 46, 4158 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 600 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 250 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73220
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73220Registration cancelled Oct 25, 2003 · Bell 47G-2AAirframe modelBell 47G-2AEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N73220 · 1
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