- Date
- January 7, 1969
- Place
- Shreveport, LA · SHREVEPORT, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73219Bell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191479
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0014 69/1/7 SHREVEPORT,LA BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1650 N73219 PX- 0 0 1 TEST 45, 9500 TOTAL HOURS, 50 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- DURING 3 FT HOVERING AUTOROTATION PLT INCREASED THROTTLE RAPIDLY AND DID NOT CORRECT FOR TORQUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73219
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Downtown
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Other investigations on N73219 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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