- Date
- December 15, 1971
- Place
- La Verne, CA · LA VERNE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N514SFBell 47B
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164496
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3349 71/12/15 LA VERNE,CALIF BELL 47B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 266 TIME - 1610 N514SF PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRACKETT FLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LA VERNE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- PLT MADE TAIL LOW LDG FM A PRACTICE AUTO,T/R HIT GND,HEL BOUNCED,LNDD HARD,ROLLED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N514SF
- Reported as
- Bell 47B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brackett Fld
N514SFRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N514SF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.