- Date
- March 16, 1968
- Place
- Greenville, TX · GREENVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8282EBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111652
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0507 68/3/16 GREENVILLE,TEX BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N8282E PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING AGE 37, 4585 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 16 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED REMARKS- OVER-CONTROLLED IN ATTEMPTING TO REDUCE EXCESSIVE FORWARD SPEED TOO ABRUPTLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8282E
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage