- Date
- October 5, 1968
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N996BBell 47H-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3319 68/10/5 HOUSTON,TEX BELL 47H-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N996B PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 34, 8217 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N996B
- Reported as
- Bell 47H-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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