- Date
- August 5, 1965
- Place
- Grand Canyon, AZ · GRAND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1182WBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0546 65/8/5 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTEDBELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 11000 TIME - 0925 N1182W PX- 0 0 1 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-SLING DEFLECTED INTO ROTORS FOR UNK REASON EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- OPERATION CONDUCTED MANY TIMES WITHOUT PROBLEMS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1182W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1182WRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine 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 N1182W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.