- Date
- March 12, 1967
- Place
- Vinton, LA · VINTON, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1177WBell 204-B
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119121
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0097 67/3/12 NR.VINTON,LA BELL 204-B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2236 TIME - 0845 N1177W PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 495 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER LOAD IN CONFINED AREA LOST SIGHT OF SIGNAL MAN. TAIL ROTOR STRUCK TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1177W
- Reported as
- Bell 204-B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.