- Date
- April 21, 1969
- Place
- Mercersburg, PA · MERCERSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N938BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1401 69/4/21 MERCERSBURG,PA BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 4184 TIME - 0720 N938B PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED ACFT TO ENTER SETTLING WITH POWER CONDITION DURING DESCENT TO CONFINED AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N938B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage