- Date
- February 15, 1969
- Place
- Oracle, AZ · ORACLE, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74090Bell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190883
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0519 69/2/15 ORACLE,ARIZ BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N74090 PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE AGE 51, 5780 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 118 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- T/R STRUCK CACTUS PLANT.HYDRAULIC LINE FAILED CAUSED LOSS OF FLUID TO CYCLIC BOOST SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74090
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N74090 · 2
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