- Date
- March 9, 1968
- Place
- Carlsbad, CA · CARLSBAD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5511VBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111334
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1020 68/3/9 CARLSBAD,CALIF BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1375 TIME - 1040 N5511V PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 945 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALOMAR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COPILOT - CONTROL INTERFERENCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LIFT OFF FROM TRAILER.TWO UNIDENTIFIED PARKED ACFT STRUCK BY DEBRIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5511V
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Palomar
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