- Date
- February 19, 1966
- Place
- Gold Hill, NC · GOLD HILL, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5194BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173316
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0438 66/2/19 GOLD HILL NC BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 10200 TIME - 1245 N5194B PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 4215 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR BLADE SN A3-1640 FAILED IN GRIP FITTING STRESS RELIEF FILLET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5194B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N5194B · 2
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