- Date
- November 22, 1968
- Place
- Roanoke, VA · ROANOKE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1201WBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107252
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3982 68/11/22 NR.ROANOKE,VA BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N1201W PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 28, 2459 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 714 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 52 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- IN DOWNDRAFT,RECORDER ON PX LAP THROWN THROUGH BUBBLE,HIT T/R.OBJECT NOT PROPERLY SECURED BY PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1201W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N1201W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA92LA014Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLa Belle, FLThe pilot in command's improper aft application of cyclic control during an autorotative landing to an open field, resulting in the main rotor blades colliding with the tail boom. Contributing to the accident was the in flight failure of the outer bearing of…NTSB MIA84LA179Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportJupiter, FLThe acft crashed landed after a partial loss of power. During an exam of the eng, the compressor bleed control valve was found stuck open causing an improper fuel/air mixture.