- Date
- February 11, 1971
- Place
- S.Francisco, CA · S.FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2294WBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0081 71/2/11 S.FRANCISCO,CALIF BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1735 N2294W PX- 1 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 38, 1301 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 606 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POLICE HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION S.FRANCISCO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- DURG TERMINATION OF ZERO FWD SPEED AUTOROTATION,ENTERED PWR SETTLING AT ALT TO LOW FOR RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2294W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Police Heliport
N2294WRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2015 · Bell 47G-5Airframe modelBell 47G-5Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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 N2294W · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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