- Date
- June 11, 1974
- Place
- Garden City, NY · GARDEN CITY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6173Bell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740611016809A
- Case key
- 173417
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1727 74/6/11 GARDEN CITY,NY BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1015 N6173 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING AGE 24, 1650 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 55 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLAND HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARDEN CITY,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT VENT PIPE ON HANGAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6173
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Island Heliport
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6173 · 3
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