- Date
- June 25, 1973
- Place
- Grenada, MS · GRENADA, MS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4823Bell 47G2-2
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190167
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1744 73/6/25 GRENADA,MISS BELL 47G2-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 13163 TIME - 1615 N4823 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 463 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRENADA MINICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRENADA,MISS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLARED HIGH.SKIDS HIT DIRT,BLADES CTCTD BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4823
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grenada Minicipal
N4823Registration cancelled Jan 8, 2018 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 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 N4823 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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