- Date
- May 25, 1969
- Place
- Gettysburg, PA · GETTYSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6598DBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1100 69/5/25 GETTYSBURG,PA BELL 47D1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 775 TIME - 1350 N6598D PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATTLEFIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: PROCEDURE TURNAROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PRACTISING AG TURNS. LOST ALT OVER TREES DUE TO NEAR VERTICAL BANKED TURN,ZERO FORWARD SPEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6598D
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Battlefield
N6598DRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2013 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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