- Date
- April 25, 1965
- Place
- Dodge City, KS · DODGE CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8505FBell B-47G3
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0173 65/4/25 DODGE CITY KANS BELL B-47G3 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 764 TIME - 1030 N8505F PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DODGE CITY MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT-THROTTLE LEFT OPEN,ENGINE SURGED AT FLAREOUT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LOW ON FUEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8505F
- Reported as
- Bell B-47G3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dodge City Muni