- Date
- June 14, 1968
- Place
- Rice Lake, WI · RICE LAKE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N73258Bell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1900 68/6/14 RICE LAKE,WIS BELL 47J-2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 4000 TIME - 1608 N73258 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICE LAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- TEST FLT AFTER RE-INSTALLATION OF MAIN ROTOR BLADES REMOVED FOR TRAILERING-SANK IN 20 FT OF WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73258
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rice Lake
N73258Registration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Bell 47J-2Airframe modelBell 47J-2Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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