- Date
- August 3, 1971
- Place
- St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N54047Bell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0030 71/8/3 ST LOUIS,MO BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2500 TIME - 2046 N54047 PX- 0 1 0 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ADVISORY TOTAL HOURS, 127 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - FOSTAIRE HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT IN COMMAND - LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING REMARKS- PLT,PX LEFT N54047 W/BLADES ENGAGED.PLT MOVED BLADES N2881D BY HAND,BLADES MESHED,SUB DMG,PX HURT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54047
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fostaire Heliport
N54047Registration cancelled Feb 7, 2018 · Bell-Florida Helicopters 47GAirframe modelBell-Florida Helicopters 47GEngine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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