- Date
- May 18, 1971
- Place
- Berlin, NJ · BERLIN, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73953Bell 47G2A1
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1623 71/5/18 BERLIN,NJ BELL 47G2A1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 8700 TIME - 1615 N73953 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- PLT HRD UNUSUAL NOISE FRM REAR OF ACFT,AUTO TO GRD,HIT TAIL LOW,M/R BLD HIT GRD,CUT TAIL OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73953
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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