- Date
- August 30, 1968
- Place
- Portland, TX · PORTLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1313XBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3015 68/8/30 PORTLAND,TEX BELL 47G-4A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2173 TIME - 0615 N1313X PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 278 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- LDG DUE TO ONE-TO-ONE VIBRATION.CAUSE FOR VIBRATION UNDETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1313X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1313XRegistered now · Bellanca 14-19-3Airframe modelBellanca 14-19-3Engine modelContinental IO-470 series
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