- Date
- May 29, 1968
- Place
- Capitan, NM · CAPITAN, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1320XBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110101
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1420 68/5/29 CAPITAN,N MEX BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 2175 TIME - 0915 N1320X PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 1425 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1320X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N1320X · 2
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