- Date
- May 2, 1968
- Place
- Aspen, CO · ASPEN, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8575FBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110412
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1544 68/5/2 NR.ASPEN,COLO BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5200 TIME - 1025 N8575F PX- 0 1 0 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 1790 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- PHOTOGRAPHING SKIERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8575F
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage