- Date
- May 9, 1972
- Place
- Covington, VA · COVINGTON, VA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73264Bell 47G-2A
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166195
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1649 72/5/9 COVINGTON,VA BELL 47G-2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1110 TIME - 0955 N73264 PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTERS MT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BASE OF PORTERS MT TOP OF MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON ROLL OVER LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT SAID WIND SHIFTED FROM SE LGT AND VRBL TO NW 10K TO 15K. SLID INTO STUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73264
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Porters Mt
N73264Registration cancelled May 6, 2019 · Bell 47G-2A-1Airframe modelBell 47G-2A-1Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N73264 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.