# NTSB MIA66A0094: Bell 47G-2, N6761D, Immokalee, FL, February 26, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 26, 1966
- Place: Immokalee, FL · IMMOKALEE, FL
- Location: 26.4240° N, 81.4216° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Immokalee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4240&lon=-81.4216&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 2, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174086
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66A0094
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66A0094

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G-2
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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