- Date
- February 8, 1965
- Place
- Durango, CO · DURANGO, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73915Bell 47G3B
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0102 65/2/8 NR.DURANGO COLO BELL 47G3B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N73915 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 6240 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1120 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73915
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73915Registration cancelled Nov 17, 2014 · Bell 47G-3BAirframe modelBell 47G-3BEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N73915 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.