- Date
- July 12, 1969
- Place
- Freeport, TX · FREEPORT, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6765DBell 47J
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173787
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1802 69/7/12 FREEPORT,TEX BELL 47J CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2388 TIME - 0535 N6765D PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 882 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- ACFT CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING T/O WITH DAMAGED T/R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6765D
- Reported as
- Bell 47J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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