- Date
- April 30, 1965
- Place
- Elkton, VA · ELKTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8466EBell 47G2A
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0167 65/4/30 ELKTON VA BELL 47G2A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 5804 TIME - 1525 N8466E PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 1490 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-DELAYED JETTISONING SLING LOAD. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALTITUDE COMPUTED AS 4000 FEET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8466E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage