- Date
- February 10, 1973
- Place
- Robstown, TX · ROBSTOWN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3740GBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730210002769A
- Case key
- 169584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0057 73/2/10 ROBSTOWN,TEX BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 5420 TIME - 1410 N3740G PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2013 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NUECES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROBSTOWN,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- ATMTD LDG ON TRAILER,NOT ALIGNED,SKIDDED OFF.TAIL ROTOR HIT TRAILER PLT LOST DIR CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3740G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nueces
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3740G · 1
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