- Date
- May 29, 1974
- Place
- Belding, MI · BELDING, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N73872EL Tomcat I
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740529016129A
- Case key
- 130110
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2593 74/5/29 BELDING,MICH EL TOMCAT I CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N73872 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 27, 1537 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PINION GEARS OF UPR SPIDER ASBLY PN 47-620-424-1 MN TRANS FAILD. ACFT NSED OVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73872
- Reported as
- EL Tomcat I
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73872Registration cancelled Jul 8, 2013 · Bell 47GAirframe modelBell 47GEngine modelFranklin 6VS-335 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N73872 · 5
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