- Date
- September 4, 1969
- Place
- Friendswood, TX · FRIENDSWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17120Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186929
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3116 69/9/4 FRIENDSWOOD,TEX BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0830 N17120 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 58, 15175 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOVER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX FRIENDSWOOD,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17120
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clover Field
N17120Registration cancelled Jul 24, 2012 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 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.