- Date
- April 10, 1971
- Place
- Sta Barbara, CA · STA BARBARA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N73921Bell 47J2
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1209 71/4/10 STA BARBARA,CALIF BELL 47J2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 9885 TIME - 1528 N73921 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 4771 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA BARBARA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STA BARBARA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- FATIGUE CRACK CAUSED BLD FAILURE AT 350 HRS OF OPERATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73921
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Barbara
N73921Registration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · Bell 47J-2Airframe modelBell 47J-2Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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Other investigations on N73921 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.