- Date
- May 28, 1967
- Place
- White River, AZ · WHITE RIVER, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73208Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116841
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0406 67/5/28 WHITE RIVER,ARIZ BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N73208 PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-D AGE 34, 8800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- HELICOPTER TAIL ROTOR BLADE STRUCK SCRUB OAK UNDERBRUSH ON SELDOM USED MOUNTAINOUS HELO-PAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73208
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage