- Date
- June 6, 1969
- Place
- Sabine Pass, TX · SABINE PASS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8472EBell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186811
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1102 69/6/6 SABINE PASS,TEX BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 939 TIME - 1615 N8472E PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ATTEMPTED LDG IN MARSH GRASS,3-4 FT HIGH.HIDDEN MOUND OF GRASS PREVENTED LEVEL GRND CONTACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8472E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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