- Date
- November 6, 1972
- Place
- Zanesville, OH · ZANESVILLE, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15952Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3177 72/11/6 NR.ZANESVILLE,OHIO BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1405 N15952 PX- 0 0 1 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 37, 3245 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 84 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ZANESVILLE,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 5 CONROD CAP FAILED.LND UPHILL.PLT STARTED TO DEPLANE THEN ACFT JUMPED.M/R BLADES HIT TAIL BOOM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15952
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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