- Date
- September 4, 1968
- Place
- Hollywood, CA · HOLLYWOOD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5193BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192194
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4924 68/9/4 HOLLYWOOD,CALIF BELL 47G-2 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0743 N5193B PX- 1 0 0 CONSTRUCTION AGE 46, 6046 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 56 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOREST LAWN,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PAINTER ROPE LIFTED TO TOP OF CHURCH STEEPLE.ROPE CAUGHT ON WEATHER VANE.NO QUICK RELEASE ON ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5193B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5193BRegistration cancelled Mar 3, 2008 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N5193B · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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