- Date
- June 4, 1966
- Place
- Burnt Cabins, PA · BURNT CABINS, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4228ABell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0337 66/6/4 NR.BURNT CABINS PA BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 274 TIME - 1330 N4228A PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JETTISONED LOAD REMARKS- FIGHTING FIRE.WAS MANEUVERING TO GET INTO POSITION TO DROP WATER ON FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4228A
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage