- Date
- October 26, 1966
- Place
- Brookline, MA · BROOKLINE, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73948Bell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121025
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1189 66/10/26 BROOKLINE,MASS BELL 47J-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1940 N73948 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 46, 8183 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 935 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TEETH IN FAN DRIVE GEARS PN 47-620-207 AND-530 FAILED.LANDED ON HIDDEN 2X6 TIMBER,TAIL RTR HIT GND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73948
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73948Registration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Bell 47J-2Airframe modelBell 47J-2Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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