- Date
- June 17, 1971
- Place
- Greenville, ME · GREENVILLE, ME
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2805BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162253
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0031 71/6/17 GREENVILLE,ME BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2400 TIME - 1230 N2805B PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: GROUND TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD,PARKED ON POND NEAR TREE.WHEN ENG STARTED,ROTORS ENGAGED,DRIFTED,M/R BLADES HIT TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2805B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
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