- Date
- October 15, 1965
- Place
- Vivian, LA · VIVIAN, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5235NBell CHG2
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176347
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0610 65/10/15 VIVIAN LA BELL CHG2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2143 TIME - 1315 N5235N PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 310 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VIVIAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- ROTORCRAFT-CAMPBELL CHG2. FLIGHT CHECKING ROTOR RPM DURING AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5235N
- Reported as
- Bell CHG2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vivian
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Other investigations on N5235N · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI86FER14Accident · No injuriesFinal reportBrooklyn Park, MNAccording to the pilot after making three quarter-mile passes over the field the engine quit and he was forced to make an emergency landing in a field. The pilot stated, prior to takeoff the helicopter had been refueled by a ground crew member. According to…NTSB CHI80FEI38Accident · No injuriesClosedNorwalk, OHNTSB CHI76FEI04Accident · No injuriesClosedCeleryville, OHNTSB FTW71FPG49Accident · No injuriesClosedBradley, AR