- Date
- August 17, 1966
- Place
- Dedham, MA · DEDHAM, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3939BBell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0719 66/8/17 DEDHAM MASS BELL 47J-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1312 TIME - 1700 N3939B PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 197 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- ON LIFT OFF FROM LANDING PAD THE TAIL OF THE HELICOPTER DIPPED DOWN AND STRUCK THE ASPHALT SURFACE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3939B
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3939BRegistration cancelled Apr 5, 2018 · Bell 47J-2Airframe modelBell 47J-2Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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