- Date
- May 1, 1966
- Place
- Riverdale, MI · RIVERDALE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N611XBell Carson
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172377
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0239 66/5/1 RIVERDALE MICH BELL CARSON CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1245 N611X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 37, 5037 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 120 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIPPERTS 0 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCFT-HEEL OF LEFT SKID SNAGGED ON TRAILER. REMARKS- WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION ACFT ON TRAILER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N611X
- Reported as
- Bell Carson
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lipperts 0
N611XRegistration cancelled Jun 22, 1995 · Bell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4Airframe modelBell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.