- Date
- August 12, 1968
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8432EBell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2223 68/8/12 LOS ANGELES,CALIF BELL 47J-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 16208 TIME - 1015 N8432E PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 3827 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO/FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK RETAINING WALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8432E
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Los Angeles
N8432ERegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Bell 47J-2Airframe modelBell 47J-2Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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