- Date
- May 1, 1974
- Place
- Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6752DBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740501009109A
- Case key
- 186249
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0929 74/5/1 NORFOLK,VA BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 621 TIME - 1504 N6752D PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORFOLK HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 25000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 74 50 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT TAILED INTO WIND,DRG L/O ENCTRD WIND GUST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6752D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Norfolk Heliport
N6752DRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2013 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6752D · 3
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