- Date
- March 15, 1969
- Place
- Springfield, OH · SPRINGFIELD, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4008GBell 206A
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0360 69/3/15 SPRINGFIELD,OHIO BELL 206A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 5100 TIME - 1235 N4008G PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- LOSS OF LATERAL CYCLIC CONTROL DUE TO FATIGUE FRACTURE OF R HAND CYCLIC BELL CRANK SUPPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4008G
- Reported as
- Bell 206A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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