- Date
- August 26, 1968
- Place
- Glencoe, MN · GLENCOE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7870SBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108893
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2807 68/8/26 GLENCOE,MINN BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 4095 TIME - 0600 N7870S PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 3525 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- SPRAY BOOMS FLEXED UP STRIKING M/R.PIECES OF BROKEN BOOM SHEARED T/R SHAFT.PLT AUTOROTATED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7870S
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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