- Date
- February 10, 1966
- Place
- Wetmore, TX · WETMORE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N586TBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174088
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0061 66/2/10 WETMORE TEX BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 229 TIME - 1015 N586T PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PILOTS 1ST SOLO IN HELICOPTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N586T
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N586TRegistration cancelled Sep 30, 2013 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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Other investigations on N586T · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA85LA214Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMoultrie, GAThe plt stated that while he was on an aerial application mission, the helicopter ran out of fuel. During an autorotation, the main rotor severed the tail boom.NTSB MIA84LA134Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBerlin, GAThe plt collided with power lines as he turned to fly back to reload the acft. The plt made a statement that he did not see the wires in the trees. The plt did not file an accident report.NTSB MIA77DLG20Accident · No injuriesClosedOswego, SCNTSB MIA73DLG02Accident · No injuriesClosedDalzell, NCNTSB MIA72DLG09Accident · No injuriesClosedRembert, SC