- Date
- August 5, 1972
- Place
- Osage Beach, MO · OSAGE BEACH, MO
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2881BBell 47J
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168006
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2817 72/8/5 OSAGE BEACH,MO BELL 47J CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1608 TIME - 1620 N2881B PX- 0 0 3 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND GLAIZE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINKS LANDING,MO TAN-TARA,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LATERAL IMBALANCE REMARKS- PLT LOST CTL WHEN ALL 3 UNINSTRCTD PSGRS ATMTD TO DEBARK AT SAME TIME FM ONE SIDE OF HOVERING HEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2881B
- Reported as
- Bell 47J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Glaize
N2881BRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Bell 47JAirframe modelBell 47JEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N2881B · 1
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