- Date
- September 4, 1969
- Place
- Keystone, SD · KEYSTONE, SD
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28208Bell 47G 2
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158309
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2592 69/9/4 NR.KEYSTONE,S DAK BELL 47G 2 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1510 N28208 PX- 2 0 0 OTHER AGE 36, 1884 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 860 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEYSTONE,S DAK KEYSTONE,S DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SIGHT-SEEING FLTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28208
- Reported as
- Bell 47G 2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N28208Registered now · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N28208 · 1
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