- Date
- December 4, 1970
- Place
- Corpus Chrsti, TX · CORPUS CHRSTI, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4823Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159536
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4549 70/12/4 NR.CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2595 TIME - 1815 N4823 PX- 0 0 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 2260 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX PADRE ISLAND,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED NITE LDG ON BEACH WITH FOGGED CANOPY. FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4823
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4823Registration cancelled Jan 8, 2018 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N4823 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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