- Date
- May 20, 1972
- Place
- Fairfield, IL · FAIRFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7734Bell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166544
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1781 72/5/20 FAIRFIELD,ILL BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 5985 TIME - 0815 N7734 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 685 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOLDEN GATE,ILL WAYNE CITY,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKID ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- L REAR VERT LEG FAILED.M/R BLADE HIT TAIL BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7734
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairfield
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Other investigations on N7734 · 3
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