- Date
- September 25, 1966
- Place
- Richmond, VA · RICHMOND, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N866ZBell Carson
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0909 66/9/25 RICHMOND VA BELL CARSON CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 4850 TIME - 1620 N866Z PX- 0 0 3 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- PLT WAS FLYING PAX AT STATE FAIR. ACFT 86 LBS OVERWT AND EXCEEDED FWD CG LIMITS AT TIME OF CRASH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N866Z
- Reported as
- Bell Carson
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N866ZRegistered now · Bell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4Airframe modelBell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N866Z · 2
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