- Date
- May 22, 1965
- Place
- Grand Forks, ND · GRAND FORKS, ND
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N253PHBell 47J2
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178162
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0396 65/5/22 GRAND FORKS N DAK BELL 47J2 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1420 N253PH PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 27, 3450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 23 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N253PH
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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