- Date
- February 26, 1966
- Place
- Immokalee, FL · IMMOKALEE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6761DBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174086
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0056 66/2/26 NR.IMMOKALEE FLA BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 1700 TIME - 0815 N6761D PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 204 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-IMPROPERLY EXECUTED PRECISION MANEUVER. PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- LATERAL IMBALANCE AS PASS DEPLANED AT PLT SIGNAL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6761D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage