- Date
- June 18, 1966
- Place
- Winslow, WA · WINSLOW, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2866BBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0536 66/6/18 WINSLOW WASH BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 352 TIME - 1315 N2866B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - SANDY REMARKS- SKIDS STUCK IN TIDE FLATS DUE TO INCOMING TIDAL ACTION.TAILROTOR STRUCK WATER WHEN PLT TRIED T OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2866B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage