- Date
- July 11, 1965
- Place
- Panama City, FL · PANAMA CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3109GBell 47-D1
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201538
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0571 65/7/11 NR.PANAMA CITY FLA BELL 47-D1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2061 TIME - 1830 N3109G PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB DITCHING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3109G
- Reported as
- Bell 47-D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3109GRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2013 · Bell 47D1GAirframe modelBell 47D1GEngine modelFranklin 6V-335 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 N3109G · 7
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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