- Date
- August 15, 1977
- Place
- Jamestown, TN · JAMESTOWN, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2880BBell 47G2A
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770815026219A
- Case key
- 158754
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2708 77/8/15 JAMESTOWN,TN BELL 47G2A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 6450 TIME - 1910 N2880B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JAMESTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMESTOWN,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PILOT FORGOT TO DISENGAGE CONTROL FRICTION LOCKS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2880B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jamestown
N2880BRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2021 · 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 N2880B · 1
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