- Date
- March 18, 1970
- Place
- Venice, CA · VENICE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N234BBell 47D
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134900
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0620 70/3/18 VENICE,CALIF BELL 47D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0815 N234B PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE AGE 29, 1340 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 117 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUGHES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MONICA,CALIF SANTA MONICA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N234B
- Reported as
- Bell 47D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hughes
N234BRegistration cancelled Sep 4, 2012 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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Other investigations on N234B · 2
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