- Date
- March 4, 1969
- Place
- Chugiak, AK · CHUGIAK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6708DBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191319
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0043 69/3/4 CHUGIAK,ALAS BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 13300 TIME - 1015 N6708D PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2130 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- SNOW PAD EQUIPPED SKIDS.RT SKID BROKE THROUGH SNOW CRUST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6708D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N6708D · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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