- Date
- December 21, 1967
- Place
- New York City, NY · NEW YORK CITY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N73251Bell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1152 67/12/21 NEW YORK CITY,NY BELL 47J-2 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 400 TIME - 1746 N73251 PX- 1 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CRASHED IN EAST RIVER.FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73251
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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