- Date
- January 10, 1967
- Place
- Grande Isle, LA · GRANDE ISLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2861BBell 47J
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119502
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0069 67/1/10 GRANDE ISLE LA BELL 47J CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 5961 TIME - 0850 N2861B PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 458 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OIL RIG PLATFORM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 345 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WIND 30 KTS GUSTING TO 35 KTS.HIGH WIND SHUT DOWN PROCEDURE NOT USED.MAIN ROTOR SEVERED TAIL BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2861B
- Reported as
- Bell 47J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oil Rig Platform
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