- Date
- September 8, 1969
- Place
- Buras, LA · BURAS, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N955Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2596 69/9/8 BURAS,LA BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1215 N955 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 25, 1434 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENICE,LA EMPIRE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- LANDED ON MARSHY,UNEVEN GRND.ALSO EXPERIENCED A LATERAL VIBRATION,CAUSE UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N955
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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