- Date
- June 21, 1966
- Place
- New Bethlehem, PA · NEW BETHLEHEM, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73983Bell 47G2A1
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171112
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0582 66/6/21 NEW BETHLEHEM PA BELL 47G2A1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1623 N73983 PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE 33, 10551 TOTAL HOURS, 35 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- SAW ANOTHER POWERLINE CROSSING AT 90 DEGREES TOO LATE TO AVOID IT.WAS ON HIS FIRST PATROL IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73983
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73983Registration cancelled Aug 28, 2013 · Bell 47G-2A-1Airframe modelBell 47G-2A-1Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N73983 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW82IA268Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportNear Mertzon, TXWhile the aircraft was being hovered low and slow around a water trough, directional control was lost. The pilot autorotated to the ground and on touchdown the right skid buckled and the tailrotor gearbox separated when it struck an ant hill. The pilot…NTSB NYC67A0016Accident · No injuriesClosedSt.Marys, PA