- Date
- March 30, 1968
- Place
- Leeville, LA · LEEVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N74096Bell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111692
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0639 68/3/30 NR.LEEVILLE,LA BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 3242 TIME - 0900 N74096 PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 677 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - C PLATFORM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LATERAL IMBALANCE REMARKS- LANDED WHILE ACFT WAS IN AN UNCONTROLLABLE RT TURN,BROUGHT ON BY RT EXTERNAL RACK BEING OVERLOADED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74096
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- C Platform
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