- Date
- February 23, 1966
- Place
- Tres Piedras, NM · TRES PIEDRAS, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6785DBell 47G-3
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0039 66/2/23 TRES PIEDRAS NMEX BELL 47G-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 405 TIME - 1045 N6785D PX- 0 0 2 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6785D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed