- Date
- July 27, 1967
- Place
- Cordova, AK · CORDOVA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8406EBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0620 67/7/27 NR.CORDOVA,ALAS BELL 47G-2 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1018 N8406E PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D AGE 35, 3250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 900 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MTN PEAK CAMPSITE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR STRUCK TRIPODAL TRIANGULATION MARKER ON MTN.ACFT TUMBLED DOWN MTNSIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8406E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mtn Peak Campsite
N8406ERegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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.
Other investigations on N8406E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.