- Date
- June 19, 1967
- Place
- Castella, CA · CASTELLA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N73241Bell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116902
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0517 67/6/19 CASTELLA,CALIF BELL 47G-3B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 10213 TIME - 0930 N73241 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 2456 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: HOVERING HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- CHUTE LEFT NEAR HELISPOT BY SMOKE JUMPER WAS DRAWN INTO ROTOR BLADES.PLT SAW CHUTE BEFORE HE LNDED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73241
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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