- Date
- March 3, 1966
- Place
- Wetmore, TX · WETMORE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N865ZBell Carson
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174089
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0062 66/3/3 WETMORE TEX BELL CARSON CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1245 N865Z PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 36, 7500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 6000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N865Z
- Reported as
- Bell Carson
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N865ZRegistration cancelled May 4, 2019 · Bell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4Airframe modelBell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4Engine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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