- Date
- October 25, 1966
- Place
- Wickliffe, OH · WICKLIFFE, OH
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N477RKBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120970
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1009 66/10/25 WICKLIFFE OHIO BELL 47G CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 1500 TIME - 1245 N477RK PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CARBURETOR FLOAT RUBBING AGAINST SIDE OF CARBURETOR FLOAT CHAMBER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N477RK
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed