- Date
- March 5, 1970
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16657Bell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140935
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0548 70/3/5 FORT WORTH,TEX BELL 47G CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0910 N16657 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 52, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 178 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUCK FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TEX FORT WORTH,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- SHEARED DELTA HINGE BOLT CAUSED FAILURE OF PITCH CONTROL BEARING.LOST T/R BLADE DUE TO VIBRATION.
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.