- Date
- November 16, 1979
- Place
- Dayton, OH · DAYTON, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2271WBell 47G5
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791116031909A
- Case key
- 133033
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3175 79/11/16 DAYTON,OH BELL 47G5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 6850 TIME - 1145 N2271W PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 225 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORAINE AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTON,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- PLT STATED AFT ENTERING EFFECTIVE TRANSLATIONAL LIFT HE HEARD CRACK,ACFT BEGAN TO VIBRATE & SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2271W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moraine Airpark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.