- Date
- December 20, 1975
- Place
- Jacksonville, NC · JACKSONVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6092Bell 47G3
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3762 75/12/20 JACKSONVILLE,NC BELL 47G3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1550 N6092 PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 53, 17330 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 553 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELLIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIDGELAND,SC JACKSONVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DID NOT STOP FORWARD MOTION PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN ON FLOATS. ACFT ROCKED, ROTORBLADES HIT TAILBOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6092
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ellis