- Date
- November 14, 1970
- Place
- Spring Valley, NY · SPRING VALLEY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N818HJBell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159530
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4536 70/11/14 SPRING VALLEY,NY BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 924 TIME - 1145 N818HJ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAMAPO VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRING VALLEY,NY DANBURY,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- LOST CTL AT LIFT OFF. ACFT ROLLED TO R,M/R BLADES HIT GRND. SOFT GRND UNDER R SKID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N818HJ
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ramapo Valley
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Other investigations on N818HJ · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA00LA222Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCovington, TNthe pilot allowed the helicopter to get too low while hovering, which resulted in the tail rotor striking the ground, the separation of the blade, and subsequent force landing.NTSB ATL87DEI03Accident · No injuriesFinal reportMonroeville, OHThe plt was on a normal spray run next to the edge of a field when he misjudged his clearance & the main rotor blades contacted a tree. The helicopter then crashed to the ground in a wheat field.NTSB CHI76FEI43Accident · No injuriesClosedMantua, OH