- Date
- October 15, 1974
- Place
- Moorhead, MN · MOORHEAD, MN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4064GBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741015044449A
- Case key
- 146412
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4344 74/10/15 MOORHEAD,MINN BELL 47G-5 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3710 TIME - 1237 N4064G PX- 2 0 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 2410 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MINNEAPOLIS,MINN FARGO,N DAK MONTEVIDEO,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- TOTAL TIME ON BLADE 426HRS.AD70-10-8 NOT CW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4064G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4064G · 1
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