- Date
- July 17, 1969
- Place
- Pigeon Forge, TN · PIGEON FORGE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2794ABell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168322
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2123 69/7/17 PIGEON FORGE,TENN BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 2460 TIME - 1130 N2794A PX- 0 0 4 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIGEON FORGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: VERTICAL GEAR COLLAPSED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- SIGHT-SEEING FLTS.FORWARD CG LIMITS EXCEEDED WITH OVER GWT OF APRX 63LBS.L SKID BROKE AT IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2794A
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pigeon Forge
N2794ARegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6VS-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 N2794A · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.