- Date
- April 18, 1969
- Place
- Red Wing, MN · RED WING, MN
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6729DBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187313
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0859 69/4/18 RED WING,MINN BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1050 N6729D PX- 0 0 2 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 32, 718 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 34 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PLT APPLIED EXCESSIVE COLLECTIVE PITCH IN ATTEMPT TO LEVEL ACFT ON GRND.ACFT FLEW AHEAD INTO SHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6729D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N6729D · 2
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