- Date
- May 17, 1979
- Place
- Westfield, IN · WESTFIELD, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51711Bell 47J2
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790517010769A
- Case key
- 136219
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1127 79/5/17 WESTFIELD,IN BELL 47J2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 14150 TIME - 0745 N51711 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 204 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTFIELD,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MISSING SNAP RING IN DRIVE COUPLING AT FIRST STATION AFT OF MAIN TRANSMISSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51711
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westfield
N51711Registration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Bell 47J-2Airframe modelBell 47J-2Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N51711 · 1
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