- Date
- May 22, 1976
- Place
- West Greenwich, RI · WEST GREENWICH, RI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2886Bell 47K
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760522014179A
- Case key
- 154154
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0999 76/5/22 WEST GREENWICH,RI BELL 47K CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 2543 TIME - 1150 N2886 PX- 0 1 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARWICK,RI WEST GREENWICH,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: STABILIZING SURFACES-DAMPERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- FATIGUE FAILURE OF RT ELEVATOR TUBULAR SPAR,ELEVATOR STRUCK TAIL ROTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2886
- Reported as
- Bell 47K
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.