- Date
- April 20, 1974
- Place
- Hewitt, NJ · HEWITT, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4FLBell 206B
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740420009769A
- Case key
- 170254
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1155 74/4/20 HEWITT,NJ BELL 206B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 4920 TIME - 1700 N4FL PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAIROBI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HEWITT,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- HELIPAD 3-5DEG SLOPE. PURPOSE TO MOVE ACFT FM HELIPAD TO HANGAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4FL
- Reported as
- Bell 206B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nairobi
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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.
Other investigations on N4FL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.