- Date
- August 27, 1969
- Place
- Prudhoe Bay, AK · PRUDHOE BAY, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6708DBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158397
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2646 69/8/27 NR.PRUDHOE BAY,ALAS BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1700 TIME - 0930 N6708D PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 510 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KAD RIVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRUDHOE BAY,ALAS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6708D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kad River
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Other investigations on N6708D · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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