- Date
- October 20, 1965
- Place
- Lihue, HI · LIHUE, HI
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3072GBell 47J2A
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175815
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0805 65/10/20 LIHUE HAWAII BELL 47J2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1160 TIME - 1545 N3072G PX- 0 2 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAENA HELIPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT TRIED TO TAKEOFF AND GO BETWEEN CLOSELY SPACED PALM TREES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3072G
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Haena Heliport
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