- Date
- November 26, 1972
- Place
- Naples, FL · NAPLES, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2818BBell 47H-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169297
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3885 72/11/26 NAPLES,FLA BELL 47H-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 62, TIME - 1000 N2818B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 55 TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLIGATOR,ALLEY,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LOST ROTOR RPM WHILE HOVERING OVR ROUGH AREA ATMTD TO LND TO REGAIN RPM.TR HIT OBSTN,PROBLY,STUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2818B
- Reported as
- Bell 47H-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2818BRegistration cancelled Jan 6, 2011 · Bell 47H-1Airframe modelBell 47H-1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 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.