- Date
- January 22, 1973
- Place
- Miami Beach, FL · MIAMI BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N864ZBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730122005279A
- Case key
- 170489
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1212 73/1/22 MIAMI BEACH,FLA BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 330 TIME - 1105 N864Z PX- 0 1 1 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLLINS HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI BEACH,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT.PLT NOTED ENG ROTOR RPM,TACH DROP.TURNED S REDUCED PITCH.DSCNT CONT,HIT POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N864Z
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Collins Heliport
N864ZRegistered now · Bell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4Airframe modelBell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4Engine modelFranklin 6VS-335 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N864Z · 1
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