- Date
- December 20, 1967
- Place
- Sunflower, AZ · SUNFLOWER, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N922NABell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0974 67/12/20 SUNFLOWER,ARIZ BELL 47J-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1300 N922NA PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 41, 11162 TOTAL HOURS, 4 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR STATIC: IDLING ROTORS HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- SKIDS RESTING ON 2 GAS CANS,DUE DEEP SNOW.ACFT VIBRATED OFF CANS,TAIL ROTOR STRUCK SNOW.ATTEMP FLT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N922NA
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage