- Date
- September 15, 1965
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1071ZBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176333
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0567 65/9/15 NR.LAS VEGAS NEV BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N1071Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 33, 8500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 7100 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NELLIS AFB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- LANDING SKID WERE BADLY WORN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1071Z
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nellis Afb
N1071ZRegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2002 · Bell 47GAirframe modelBell 47GEngine modelFranklin 6VS-335 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.
Other investigations on N1071Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.