- Date
- April 22, 1970
- Place
- Piscataway, NJ · PISCATAWAY, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N73949Bell 47J-2
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140032
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0343 70/4/22 PISCATAWAY,NJ BELL 47J-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 3900 TIME - 1330 N73949 PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PISCATAWAY,NJ NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FREE WHEELING GR,P/N47-620-531-1,IN M/R DRIVE SYSTEM BROKE.HARD LDG DUE TO LOSS OF DRIVE TO M/R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73949
- Reported as
- Bell 47J-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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