- Date
- December 5, 1974
- Place
- Freer, TX · FREER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8505FBell 47GB31
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142995
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3821 74/12/5 NR.FREER,TEX BELL 47GB31 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1885 TIME - 1400 N8505F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 1605 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREER,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- T/R BLADE HIT GRND WHILE HERDING CATTLE.T/R DRIVE SHAFT FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8505F
- Reported as
- Bell 47GB31
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8505FRegistration cancelled May 4, 2019 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N8505F · 1
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