- Date
- May 1, 1974
- Place
- Hart, MI · HART, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4734SBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740501011789A
- Case key
- 170251
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1152 74/5/1 HART,MICH BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N4734S PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 31, 2872 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2238 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HART,MICH GREENVILLE,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING REMARKS- AN174-34 BOLT AND AN310-4 NUT MISSING FROM LAT CYCLIC CONTROL AT BELLCRANK 47-725-018-1.NOT FOUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4734S
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4734SRegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Bell 47GAirframe modelBell 47GEngine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4734S · 4
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