- Date
- July 28, 1978
- Place
- Garden City, NY · GARDEN CITY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6173Bell 47G2
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1701 78/7/28 GARDEN CITY,NY BELL 47G2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0820 N6173 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 53, 6200 TOTAL HOURS, 600 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLAND HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARDEN CITY,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- DURING HOVERING FLT,PLT STARTED A 90 DEGREE LEFT TURN,T/R HIT GAS PUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6173
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Island Heliport
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