- Date
- October 12, 1976
- Place
- Kerrville, TX · KERRVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2772Bell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761012032549A
- Case key
- 155979
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3112 76/10/12 KERRVILLE,TX BELL 47G CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N2772 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION AGE 44, 2891 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1060 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KERRVILLE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED REMARKS- OPERATION TO LAY ROPE ACROSS CANYON USING REEL, SPEED BECAME EXCESSIVE FOR ROPE TO UNWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2772
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2772Registration cancelled Sep 25, 2014 · Bell 47GAirframe modelBell 47GEngine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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Other investigations on N2772 · 1
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