- Date
- June 3, 1970
- Place
- Little Compton, RI · LITTLE COMPTON, RI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N197FMess-Boelkw B0-105
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125912
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0701 70/6/3 LITTLE COMPTON,RI MESS-BOELKW B0-105 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4365 TIME - 1352 N197F PX- 1 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 134 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWPORT STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION US NAVAL HELIPAD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL-INCORRECT INSTL AND INADQT INSPECTION. PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- BEARING FAILURE AND LOSS OF T/R CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N197F
- Reported as
- Mess-Boelkw B0-105
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Newport State
N197FRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 1970 · Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105SAirframe modelMesserschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S
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