- Date
- August 7, 1976
- Place
- St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5154BBell 47J
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760807025899A
- Case key
- 155527
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2370 76/8/7 ST LOUIS,MO BELL 47J CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 7050 TIME - 1805 N5154B PX- 0 0 3 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 1605 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- INVOLVED IN SHORT SIGHT-SEEING FLT.FLOAT EQPD.TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT FAILED AFT OF SPLINED END.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5154B
- Reported as
- Bell 47J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Downtown Heliport
N5154BRegistration cancelled Feb 17, 2017 · Bell 47JAirframe modelBell 47JEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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