- Date
- October 8, 1968
- Place
- Sandston, VA · SANDSTON, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N617XCarson-Bell 47-G
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3291 68/10/8 SANDSTON,VA CARSON-BELL 47-G CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 4754 TIME - 0725 N617X PX- 0 0 1 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BYRD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED TO PARK ACFT CLOSE TO HANGER.M/R STRUCK HANGAR DOOR SUPPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N617X
- Reported as
- Carson-Bell 47-G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Byrd
N617XRegistered now · Bell-Carson 47GAirframe modelBell-Carson 47GEngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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Other investigations on N617X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.