- Date
- March 28, 1965
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73215Bell 47J2
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179280
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0282 65/3/28 BOSTON MASS BELL 47J2 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2885 TIME - 1443 N73215 PX- 1 2 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1366 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INT L TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SIMILAR FAILURE DOCKET 2-0990 1964
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73215
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Logan Int L
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