- Date
- May 2, 1969
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N16657Bell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186519
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0986 69/5/2 FORT WORTH,TEX BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0330 N16657 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUCK FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: GROUND TAXI, OTHER COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- UNRATED IN TYPE.REMOVED UNAIRWORTHY ACFT FROM HANGAR.ATTEMPTED TO T/O.STRUCK HANGAR DOORS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16657
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Luck Field
N16657Registration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Bell-K-Copter 47GAirframe modelBell-K-Copter 47GEngine modelFranklin 6V4 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N16657 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.