- Date
- February 23, 1965
- Place
- Roseburg, OR · ROSEBURG, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N917BBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179759
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0072 65/2/23 ROSEBURG OREG BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1410 N917B PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 33, 1609 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 28 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSEBURG MUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N917B
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Roseburg Mun
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Other investigations on N917B · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX88LA160Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTaft, CANTSB LAX87LA294Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTaft, CAThe plt rprtd the eng lost power at about 300' AGL after the helicopter had flown aprx 2.7 hrs without refueling. He initiated an autorotative landing; however, before touchdown, the main rotor blades contacted & severed the tail boom. An exam revealed the…NTSB LAX76FUQ32Accident · No injuriesClosedLancaster, CA