- Date
- March 25, 1969
- Place
- Patterson, LA · PATTERSON, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2893BBell 47J
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191047
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0771 69/3/25 PATTERSON,LA BELL 47J CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 7617 TIME - 0645 N2893B PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- TAIL BOOM ASSY SEVERED BY M/R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2893B
- Reported as
- Bell 47J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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