- Date
- February 25, 1968
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N614XBell-Carson C-4
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111522
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2335 68/2/25 SAN ANTONIO,TEX BELL-CARSON C-4 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1810 N614X PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 36, 2455 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 76 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN ANTONIO INTL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: TAIL BOOMS/PYLONS/CONES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF TUBING,DUE TO INTERNAL RUST.ACFT A CONVERSION,UNKNOWN TOTAL TIME ON AIRFRAME
Aircraft
- Registration
- N614X
- Reported as
- Bell-Carson C-4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Antonio Intl
N614XRegistration cancelled May 6, 1994 · Bell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4Airframe modelBell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4
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 N614X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.