- Date
- March 11, 1969
- Place
- Tularosa, NM · TULAROSA, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1381XBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190527
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0358 69/3/11 TULAROSA,N MEX BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3508 TIME - 1205 N1381X PX- 0 0 1 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 1533 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- T/R SEVERED BY APRX 10 LB EAGLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1381X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N1381X · 2
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