- Date
- December 15, 1967
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8495EBell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112545
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0851 67/12/15 NR.ANCHORAGE,ALAS BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 9800 TIME - 2215 N8495E PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- DURING ATTEMPT TO HOVER TAXI OUT OF A FOG BK PLT LOST GRND REF IN BLOWING SNOW.DOWNED COLLECTIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8495E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N8495E · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC90LA095Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDutch Harbor, AKThe pilot in commands continued VFR flight into IMC conditions and his failure to maintain altitude while manuevering to avoid terrain.NTSB ANC84IA035Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe acft tail rotor struck snow during an autorotative landing following an eng failure. The snow depth varied between 32 & 45 inches. Examination of the eng revealed that the rt hand mag was firing intermittently on two of the six distributor contacts which…NTSB ANC70AA090Accident · No injuriesClosedPilot Point, AK