- Date
- April 4, 1966
- Place
- Bayside, VA · BAYSIDE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6752DBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172388
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0276 66/4/4 BAYSIDE VA BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 689 TIME - 1750 N6752D PX- 0 1 1 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING REMARKS- FAILED PART-BOLT AN 174-30,RESULTING IN LOSS OF FORE AND AFT CYCLIC CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6752D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6752DRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2013 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N6752D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.