- Date
- October 26, 1968
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4032GBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4203 68/10/26 CHICAGO,ILL BELL 47G-4A CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 37, 136 TIME - 1120 N4032G PX- 0 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FAILURE OF T/R BLADE,SERIAL NUMBER A3-38236.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4032G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4032GRegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2013 · Bell 47G-4AAirframe modelBell 47G-4AEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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Other investigations on N4032G · 1
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