- Date
- July 19, 1966
- Place
- St.Marys, PA · ST.MARYS, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N73983Bell 47G2A1
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0668 66/7/19 ST.MARYS PA BELL 47G2A1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 6000 TIME - 1810 N73983 PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.MARY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO/FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE REMARKS- M/R BLADE STRUCK HANGAR DOOR RAIL DURING BACKWARD DOWNWIND HOVER TO FUEL PUMP.FURTHER DAMAGED LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73983
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St.Mary
N73983Registration cancelled Aug 28, 2013 · Bell 47G-2A-1Airframe modelBell 47G-2A-1Engine modelLycoming VO-435 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 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 NYC66A0155Accident · No injuriesClosedNew Bethlehem, PA