- Date
- June 28, 1966
- Place
- Torrance, CA · TORRANCE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6775DBell 47J2
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171706
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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 66/6/28 TORRANCE CALIF BELL 47J2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0745 N6775D PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 47, 8000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TORRANCE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TOUCHDOWN WITH TAILROTOR 4 INCHES FROM FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6775D
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Torrance
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