- Date
- February 20, 1965
- Place
- Donegal, PA · DONEGAL, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1151WBell 47G4
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179778
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0090 65/2/20 DONEGAL PA BELL 47G4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1603 TIME - 1615 N1151W PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1151W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1151WRegistration cancelled Oct 16, 2006 · Bell 47G-4Airframe modelBell 47G-4Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N1151W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA82DA181Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportMadison, FLThe eng did not respond when power was added beginning a swath run. The plt hit the dump button to jettison the load & collided with the ground. Eng teardown revealed no evidence of failure or malfunction prior to the accident.NTSB MIA82DA133Accident · No injuriesFinal reportN. Greenville, FLThe pilot took off at about 1922 to dispense a non-toxic liquid chemical and fertilizer on a nearby melon field. After one normal swath run on a northerly heading, he pulled up and began a procedure turn to the left (west). He stated the afternoon sun…NTSB NYC65A0131Accident · No injuriesClosedWest Mifflin, PA