- Date
- December 28, 1972
- Place
- Suffern, NY · SUFFERN, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2238WBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168871
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3456 72/12/28 SUFFERN,NY BELL 47G-4A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 3956 TIME - 1330 N2238W PX- 0 1 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 475 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUFFERN,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD SVR UPDRAFT,ENG LOST PWR,ACFT DSCNDD INTO TREES.FUEL FORCED AWAY FROM DISCHARGE NOZZLE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2238W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2238WRegistration cancelled Aug 30, 2012 · Bell 47G-4AAirframe modelBell 47G-4AEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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Other investigations on N2238W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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