- Date
- July 20, 1975
- Place
- Freer, TX · FREER, TX
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8417EBell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750720021639A
- Case key
- 150168
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2431 75/7/20 FREER,TX BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N8417E PX- 0 2 0 BUSINESS AGE 32, 2862 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2472 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREER,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRASHED IN THICK MESQUITE BUSHES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8417E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8417ERegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Bell 47G-2A-1Airframe modelBell 47G-2A-1Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.
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 N8417E · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.