- Date
- May 4, 1976
- Place
- Bucyrus, OH · BUCYRUS, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73952Bell 47G2A1
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760504012629A
- Case key
- 153044
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0711 76/5/4 BUCYRUS,OH BELL 47G2A1 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 8714 TIME - 1250 N73952 PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRAWFORD COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCYRUS,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE CHECK PILOT - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- 4TH AUTOROTATION,ABRUPT FLARE AT LOW ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73952
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crawford County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.