- Date
- July 13, 1973
- Place
- Weld, ME · WELD, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N950BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730713020669A
- Case key
- 189680
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1724 73/7/13 WELD,ME BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2330 TIME - 1615 N950B PX- 0 0 1 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 655 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUE MTN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WELD,ME FARMINGTON,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 52 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DURING TAKE OFF FROM MT HELIPAD,PIC ALLOWED ACFT TO SETTLE WITH POWER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N950B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Blue Mtn
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.