- Date
- April 10, 1966
- Place
- Lafollette, TN · LAFOLLETTE, TN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5182BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0921 66/4/10 LAFOLLETTE TENN BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1910 TIME - 1140 N5182B PX- 0 1 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 1750 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 48 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- AIR-EVACUATION FLT. WIND GUSTING TO 40 KTS AT T/O. ACFT DRIFTED,STRUCK TREE.SIZE T/O AREA MARGINAL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5182B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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