- Date
- July 7, 1974
- Place
- Dead Horse Bay, NY · DEAD HORSE BAY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7924JBell 47G-4A
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173416
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1726 74/7/7 DEAD HORSE BAY,NY BELL 47G-4A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0830 N7924J PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING AGE 33, 1316 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 435 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEAD HORSE BAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLOYD BENNETT FLD,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR HIT WATER. SHORT SHAFT HIT MN ROTOR BLADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7924J
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-4A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dead Horse Bay