- Date
- September 22, 1969
- Place
- Gallipolis, OH · GALLIPOLIS, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6776DBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4195 69/9/22 GALLIPOLIS,OHIO BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 285 TIME - 1900 N6776D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALLIA-MEIGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRILLIANT,OHIO GALLIPOLIS,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- ENDORSED FOR SOLO FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6776D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gallia-Meigs
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.