- Date
- August 25, 1969
- Place
- Point Barrow, AK · POINT BARROW, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N953Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3104 69/8/25 POINT BARROW,ALAS BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1240 N953 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 1647 TOTAL HOURS, 1234 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAD RIVER,ALAS POINT BARROW,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N953
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N953 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX84LA366Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportConcord, CAAccording to a plt/operator statement, the student plt was cleared for a downwind apch to land on 'pad 3.' The student stated that the apch was normal until he slowed to 40 mph & 'made left turn to final approach into a cross wind.' During the turn to final…NTSB LAX81FVD24Accident · No injuriesClosedOakland, CA