- Date
- August 6, 1966
- Place
- Madera, CA · MADERA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6355XBell Tomcat
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0710 66/8/6 NR.MADERA CALIF BELL TOMCAT CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 3000 TIME - 0940 N6355X PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 385 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CROSSED FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT REMARKS- ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON TAKEOFF FROM TRANSPORT TRAILER.FIRST FLIGHT AFTER T/R CABLES WERE CHANGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6355X
- Reported as
- Bell Tomcat
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6355XRegistration cancelled Mar 17, 2011 · Bell-Continental Copters 47G-ELTOMCAT MKIIAirframe modelBell-Continental Copters 47G-ELTOMCAT MKII
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N6355X · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.