- Date
- March 16, 1974
- Place
- Ochopee, FL · OCHOPEE, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9660Bell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740316013369A
- Case key
- 124234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1317 74/3/16 NR.OCHOPEE,FLA BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1500 TIME - 1315 N9660 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCHOPEE,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- R SKID DUG INTO GND DRG L/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9660
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9660Registration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9660 · 1
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