- Date
- August 21, 1971
- Place
- Malone, NY · MALONE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N932BBell 47-G
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163163
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3120 71/8/21 MALONE,NY BELL 47-G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 377 TIME - 1700 N932B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIAN LAKE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ONE SKID CTCD WTR,T/R HIT WTR.ACFT SPUN OUT OF CTL,SANK IN 8 FT OF WTR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N932B
- Reported as
- Bell 47-G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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