- Date
- June 19, 1965
- Place
- Denbigh, VA · DENBIGH, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N73961Bell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178254
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0769 65/6/19 DENBIGH VA BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N73961 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 35, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER PILOT-LOADED PASSENGERS WITHOUT STOPPING ROTORS. REMARKS- INATTENTION OF PASSENGERS TO ROTATING ROTOR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73961
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
N73961Registration cancelled Apr 25, 2008 · Bell 47G-2A-1Airframe modelBell 47G-2A-1Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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