- Date
- March 25, 1967
- Place
- Martinez, CA · MARTINEZ, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N74123Bell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117899
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1144 67/3/25 MARTINEZ,CALIF BELL 47D1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 538 TIME - 1800 N74123 PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUCHANAN FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- SEVERE BLADE FLAPPING FOR CAUSES UNDETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74123
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Buchanan Field
N74123Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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