- Date
- April 24, 1967
- Place
- Irving, TX · IRVING, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N12512Bell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0153 67/4/24 IRVING,TEX BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 2000 TIME - 0840 N12512 PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KITZ HOPTERS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- FLIGHT CONTROLS VERY SENSITIVE DUE TO REMOVAL OF MAIN ROTOR STABILIZER BARS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12512
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kitz Hopters
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