- Date
- December 13, 1972
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO · CHESTERFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7042JBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163252
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3858 72/12/13 CHESTERFIELD,MO BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1220 N7042J PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL AGE 29, 1401 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1250 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPIRIT ST.LOUIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 24 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ALT TOO LOW TO REACH SHORE WHEN PWR WAS LOST. ACFT SANK IN MO RVR,WAS NOT RCVRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7042J
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Spirit St.Louis
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