- Date
- January 7, 1966
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N73872Bell Cntntl
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0071 66/1/7 PHILADELPHIA PA BELL CNTNTL CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 10000 TIME - 1215 N73872 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 8000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LANDED ON EDGE OF AIRPORT PROPERTY WHICH WAS BRUSH COVERED AND ROLLING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73872
- Reported as
- Bell Cntntl
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
N73872Registration cancelled Jul 8, 2013 · Bell 47GAirframe modelBell 47GEngine modelFranklin 6VS-335 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 N73872 · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.