- Date
- July 22, 1969
- Place
- Barrow, AK · BARROW, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N73242Bell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169097
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2233 69/7/22 BARROW,ALAS BELL 47G-3B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0900 N73242 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION 31, 3228 TOTAL HOURS, 458 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LATERAL IMBALANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNBALANCED LOAD IN CARGO SLING. RAN OUT OF L CYCLIC. UNABLE TO LEVEL ACFT FOR LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73242
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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