# NTSB CHI66A0087: Bell Carson, N611X, Riverdale, MI, May 1, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 1, 1966
- Place: Riverdale, MI · RIVERDALE, MI
- Location: 43.3824° N, 84.8408° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverdale, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3824&lon=-84.8408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 20, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172377
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66A0087
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66A0087

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N611X-1995-06-22), registration cancelled 1995-06-22, S/N C5010 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL CARSON
- Registry model: [Bell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-carson-47g-super-c-4) (registry code 1181060) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lipperts        0

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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