- Date
- December 19, 1968
- Place
- Watauga, TX · WATAUGA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17121Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191909
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4574 68/12/19 WATAUGA,TEX BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 187 TIME - 1445 N17121 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- STUDENT NOT AUTHORIZED BY INSTR TO PRACTICE RUN-ON AUTOROTATIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17121
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N17121Registration cancelled Apr 27, 2011 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N17121 · 1
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