- Date
- August 27, 1975
- Place
- Hurricane, AK · HURRICANE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6140CBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750827029359A
- Case key
- 150371
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2209 75/8/27 NR.HURRICANE,AK BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 5257 TIME - 1115 N6140C PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 852 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK CAMP SITE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND IN MARSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6140C
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6140C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC87FA043Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKA flight instructor and his commercial rotorcraft student were practicing quick stops to a hover at low altitude over a snow covered non-maintained airstrip. The student, a commercially rated fixed wing pilot, had successfully completed three quick stops, but…NTSB ANC83FA092Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe helicopter experienced a tail rotor strike during a hard landing with a door open. According to the student pilot who is a commercial pilot working on an add-on helicopter rating, the left cockpit door unlatched and partially opened on the downwind leg…NTSB ANC75AAG87Accident · No injuriesClosedAnchorage, AK