- Date
- October 20, 1971
- Place
- South Bay, FL · SOUTH BAY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N160BBell 47D-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164565
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4569 71/10/20 SOUTH BAY,FLA BELL 47D-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 9000 TIME - 0930 N160B PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 2412 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLE GLADE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TORREY ISLAND,FLA PAHOKEE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: RETURN TO STRIP COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - FERRY KIND OF CROP - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES REMARKS- ENG RUNNING ROUGH. SAW AND AVOIDED PWR LINES BUT HIT PHONE WIRES BLO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N160B
- Reported as
- Bell 47D-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Belle Glade
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