- Date
- March 20, 1971
- Place
- Creve Coeur, MO · CREVE COEUR, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7043JBell 47G5
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160595
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1000 71/3/20 CREVE COEUR,MO BELL 47G5 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 214 TIME - 1350 N7043J PX- 0 0 1 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 142 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGTON,MO CREVE COEUR,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: COLLECTIVE PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- KITE LINE WRAPPED ARND T/R PTCH CTL ARMS,M/R BLDS WENT TO 0 PITCH,UN TO MOVE COLL TO STOP DSCNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7043J
- Reported as
- Bell 47G5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7043JRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2012 · Bell 47G-5Airframe modelBell 47G-5Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N7043J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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