- Date
- February 15, 1976
- Place
- Charleston, KS · CHARLESTON, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N967BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760215005739A
- Case key
- 152745
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0533 76/2/15 CHARLESTON,KS BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 3232 TIME - 1345 N967B PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 132 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- PRIOR TO SLIDE-ON TYPE LNDG PLT RPTD HE FELT LIKE HE RAN OUT OF UP COLLECTIVE CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N967B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N967BRegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2009 · Bell 47GAirframe modelBell 47GEngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N967B · 1
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