- Date
- October 2, 1966
- Place
- Prt Mansfield, TX · PRT MANSFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N13658Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0995 66/10/2 NR.PRT MANSFIELD TEX BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1994 TIME - 0930 N13658 PX- 0 0 1 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 1931 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXPLORATION SURVEY FLIGHT.ACFT ENTERED POWER SETTLING AFTER A SLOW DOWNWIND TURN AT LOW ALTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13658
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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