- Date
- April 11, 1972
- Place
- Venus, TX · VENUS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N309KBell 309
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166373
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1487 72/4/11 VENUS,TEX BELL 309 CR- 0 1 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1617 N309K PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 39, 4941 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 31 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARLINGTON,TEX TEST AREA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: COLLECTIVE PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: FLIGHT CONTROL BOOST SYSTEMS, HYDRAULIC MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- INADQT CHROMIUM PLATING ON MOUNT UNIBALL BEARING.BALL AND RACE SEIZED.PLT UN RAISE COLLECTIVE CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N309K
- Reported as
- Bell 309
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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.