- Date
- May 1, 1967
- Place
- Gridley, CA · GRIDLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8594FBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0402 67/5/1 NR.GRIDLEY,CALIF BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N8594F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 38, 1540 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 385 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR STRUCK CROP DURING QUICK STOP MANEUVER CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8594F
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8594FRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Bell 47G-5Airframe modelBell 47G-5Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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Other investigations on N8594F · 1
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