- Date
- June 10, 1972
- Place
- Dorena, MO · DORENA, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3111GBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167364
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2278 72/6/10 DORENA,MO BELL 47D1 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 8200 TIME - 1600 N3111G PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 8000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DORENA,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR TAKEOFF: VERTICAL HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR HEAD ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STEEP CLIMB TO CLEAR PWR LINES.ROTOR FLANGE SCREWS SHEARED.ALT TOO LOW TO RECOVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3111G
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3111GRegistration cancelled Feb 3, 2009 · Bell 47D1GAirframe modelBell 47D1GEngine modelFranklin 6A4200 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 N3111G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.