- Date
- January 10, 1970
- Place
- Healy, AK · HEALY, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N944NABell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79426
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0839 70/1/10 NR.HEALY,ALAS BELL 47J-2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 6456 TIME - 1145 N944NA PX- 1 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 952 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.3 FULL 5GAL FUEL CANS ON EACH FLOAT.AFT T/R FAILURE M/R SYS SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N944NA
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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