- Date
- September 21, 1966
- Place
- Alamogordo, NM · ALAMOGORDO, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1381XBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0956 66/9/21 NR.ALAMOGORDO N MEX BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 4027 TIME - 1420 N1381X PX- 0 0 0 MIL/CTR PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT FUMES IN CABIN REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR BLADES OF PRKD N1381X STRUCK RADIO ANTENNA OF PASSING ARMY TRUCK.MISSILE.RCVRY CONTRACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1381X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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