- Date
- November 7, 1966
- Place
- Carpenter, CA · CARPENTER, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73924Bell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120122
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1170 66/11/7 NR.CARPENTER,CALIF BELL 47J-2 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0655 N73924 PX- 3 0 0 CTR PASSG-D AGE 38, 2280 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 330 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PARSON AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73924
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Parson Airpark
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