- Date
- September 8, 1967
- Place
- Irving, TX · IRVING, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8116Bell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0634 67/9/8 IRVING,TEX BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 2000 TIME - 1220 N8116 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - K-COPTER HELIPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- UNSECURED TIEDOWN CHAIN BLEW ONTO AND SNAGGED SKID ON LIFT OFF FROM TRAILER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8116
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- K-Copter Heliport
N8116Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Bell Kitz Kopters 47D1Airframe modelBell Kitz Kopters 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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.
Other investigations on N8116 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.