- Date
- March 13, 1969
- Place
- Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1438WBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190906
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0541 69/3/13 AUSTIN,TEX BELL 47G-4A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 815 TIME - 1730 N1438W PX- 0 0 2 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 605 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TIMS AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED ACFT TO CONTACT GRND DURING HOVERING R TURN. L SKID BRACE BROKE AND T/R STRUCK GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1438W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tims Airpark