- Date
- September 13, 1969
- Place
- Shafter, CA · SHAFTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N153BBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152538
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4194 69/9/13 SHAFTER,CALIF BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1286 TIME - 0715 N153B PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 164 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WASCO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHAFTER,CALIF SHAFTER,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ATTEMPTED LDG TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF BANK AROUND RESERVOIR.ROLLED INTO RESERVOIR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N153B
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wasco
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Other investigations on N153B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN17LA264Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBig Lake, MNThe failure of the metal core assembly within a wooden main rotor blade due to undetected corrosion and fatigue, which caused the wooden blade to separate from the rotor mast.NTSB LAX72DVA60Accident · No injuriesClosedWasco, CA