- Date
- April 3, 1968
- Place
- Concord Twp, PA · CONCORD TWP, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1140WBell 47J-2A
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111156
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0799 68/4/3 CONCORD TWP,PA BELL 47J-2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 5000 TIME - 1730 N1140W PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INADVERTENTLY PULLED MIXTURE CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1140W
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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