- Date
- March 19, 1966
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI · OSHKOSH, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73963Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173309
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0361 66/3/19 OSHKOSH WIS BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1006 N73963 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 42, 6787 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5558 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINNEBAGO COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PIVOT BOLT,WHICH ATTACHES FORE AND AFT CYCLIC LEVER ASSEMBLY TO SUPPORT BRACKET,MISSING,NOT FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73963
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Winnebago County