- Date
- September 22, 1973
- Place
- Arden, NV · ARDEN, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2873BBell 47G2
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730922030729A
- Case key
- 188466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3015 73/9/22 ARDEN,NEV BELL 47G2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 68, 5983 TIME - 0945 N2873B PX- 0 0 2 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JEAN,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2873B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2873B · 2
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