- Date
- December 7, 1966
- Place
- Madera, CA · MADERA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6355XContinental MII
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120060
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1048 66/12/7 MADERA CALIF CONTINENTAL MII CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1950 TIME - 1615 N6355X PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT FLYING N6355X TO NEW PARKING SPOT ON AIRPORT.TOO LOW AND SLOW FOR SUCCESSFUL AUTOROTATIVE LNDG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6355X
- Reported as
- Continental MII
- 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.