- Date
- October 24, 1971
- Place
- Carrollton, TX · CARROLLTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7735Bell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3289 71/10/24 CARROLLTON,TEX BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 40, TIME - 1630 N7735 PX- 0 0 1 SOLO 10 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ADDISON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARROLLTON,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. REMARKS- M/R BLDS FLEXED DN ON LDG,CUT TAIL BOOM OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7735
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Addison
N7735Registration cancelled Feb 26, 2013 · Bell - K Copter 47D1Airframe modelBell - K Copter 47D1Engine 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 N7735 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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