- Date
- July 10, 1974
- Place
- Edwards, MS · EDWARDS, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55CGBell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740710019979A
- Case key
- 130262
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2213 74/7/10 EDWARDS,MISS BELL 47J-2 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1909 N55CG PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 41, 4853 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 90 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,MISS VICKSBURG,MISS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR GRBOX SHAFT PN 476452051.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55CG
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.