- Date
- January 12, 1965
- Place
- Venice, LA · VENICE, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N513TBell 47J2
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180457
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0012 65/1/12 NR.VENICE LA BELL 47J2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 51, 15020 TIME - 0810 N513T PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR STRUCK WATER DURING LANDING ON SOIL BANK IN CANAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N513T
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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