- Date
- May 26, 1981
- Place
- Branson, MO · BRANSON, MO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73265Bell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810526030079A
- Case key
- 126063
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1089 81/5/26 BRANSON,MO BELL 47J-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1100 N73265 PX- 0 0 4 OTHER 10667 TOTAL HOURS, 7015 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRANSON,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SIGHTSEEING RIDE.#6 CON ROD FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73265
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73265Registration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Bell 47J-2Airframe modelBell 47J-2Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N73265 · 1
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