- Date
- August 11, 1966
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX · WICHITA FALLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1365XBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0715 66/8/11 WICHITA FALLS TEX BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 5125 TIME - 1730 N1365X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KICKAPOO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO/FROM LANDING AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUND RESONANCE REMARKS- ONE M/R BLADE STRUCK A 5 INCH STEEL PIPE THAT PROTRUDED 12 FT OUT FROM FRONT OF HANGAR AT ROOFLINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1365X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kickapoo
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Other investigations on N1365X · 2
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