- Date
- October 22, 1973
- Place
- Creve Coeur, MO · CREVE COEUR, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2251WBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731022034359A
- Case key
- 201604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3518 73/10/22 CREVE COEUR,MO BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 5640 TIME - 0930 N2251W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CREVE COEUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CREVE COEUR,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- PRACT LDG IN SOD AREA ON AIRPORT-LANDED TAIL LOW
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2251W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Creve Coeur
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2251W · 1
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