- Date
- November 7, 1966
- Place
- Hariton, IA · HARITON, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4734SBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1015 66/11/7 HARITON IOWA BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1100 TIME - 1130 N4734S PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- XWIND TAKEOFF FROM AREA SURROUNDED BY TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4734S
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4734SRegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Bell 47GAirframe modelBell 47GEngine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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Other investigations on N4734S · 4
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