- Date
- December 30, 1969
- Place
- Hamiltn Afb, CA · HAMILTN AFB, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1320XBell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150731
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4434 69/12/30 HAMILTN AFB,CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 8119 TIME - 1025 N1320X PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 579 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAMILTON AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAMILTN AFB,CALIF HAMILTN AFB,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WIRE STRINGING FLT.CARGO HOOK BROKE LOOSE FROM GRND CABLE UNK CAUSE,SEVERED T/R CONTROL CABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1320X
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hamilton Afb
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Other investigations on N1320X · 2
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