- Date
- September 18, 1968
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD · GAITHERSBURG, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N616XBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108288
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3182 68/9/18 GAITHERSBURG,MD BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 9700 TIME - 1430 N616X PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2045 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERY COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT DID NOT CLEAR THE TAKE-OFF AREA PRIOR TO LIFTOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N616X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Montgomery County
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Other investigations on N616X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.