- Date
- August 18, 1971
- Place
- Laporte, IN · LAPORTE, IN
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2495BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162705
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3093 71/8/18 LAPORTE,IND BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1550 TIME - 1405 N2495B PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 1277 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAPORTE,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BLD GRIP RTNNG BOLT FAILED AT 759HRS,LIFE LMT 600HRS.T/R SEPTD,M/R BLDS HIT AUTO,L TNK EXPLDD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2495B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2495BRegistration cancelled Jan 17, 2018 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N2495B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW83FA311Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportBethany, OKThe helicopter collided with trees and rolled over during a forced landing after engine failure. The plt had been takingpassengers up for sight-seeing for several hours. After the last flt he and his wife had departed the city park to fly back to the acft…NTSB UNK64X1728Accident · Serious injuriesClosedHuntington Bc, CA