- Date
- February 7, 1967
- Place
- Peach Spring, AZ · PEACH SPRING, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N73234Bell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0034 67/2/7 NR.PEACH SPRING,ARIZ BELL 47G-3B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 850 TIME - 1100 N73234 PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT ENCOUNTERED STRONG DOWNDRAFT DURING LNDG ATTEMPT ON MOUNTAIN TOP. WIND 25,GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73234
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage