- Date
- December 30, 1965
- Place
- Mesa, AZ · MESA, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73947Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0898 65/12/30 NR.MESA ARIZ BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N73947 PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION AGE 36, 8200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-IMPROPERLY EXECUTED AUTOROTATIVE LANDING. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73947
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N73947 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA88FA192Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportBenoit, MSThe plt said the engine misfired three times during takeoff and lost partial power. The helicopter settled into a rice field and the damaged spray booms became entangled. The helicopter nosed over in the high vegetation. The plt stated the engine accelerated…NTSB LAX66A0004Accident · Serious injuriesClosedGrand Canyon, AZ