- Date
- June 8, 1970
- Place
- Danbury, CT · DANBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5193BBell 47G2
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124028
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2399 70/6/8 DANBURY,CONN BELL 47G2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1240 N5193B PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 45, 957 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 57 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANBURY,CONN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- AT LIFT ACFT ROTATED TO R,MAIN ROTOR AND L SKID HIT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5193B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Danbury
N5193BRegistration cancelled Mar 3, 2008 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5193B · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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