- Date
- October 5, 1965
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8537FBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176362
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0643 65/10/5 NR.SALT LAKE CITY UT BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 15, 0 TIME - 1800 N8537F PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH=
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8537F
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8537FRegistration cancelled Nov 24, 2014 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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