- Date
- March 1, 1967
- Place
- Estes Park, CO · ESTES PARK, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8541FBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0081 67/3/1 ESTES PARK,COLO BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N8541F PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-D AGE 44, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT APPLIED CYCLIC CONTROL ABRUPTLY TO AVOID WIRES.MAIN ROTOR BLADE SEVERED TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8541F
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8541FRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2018 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N8541F · 1
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