- Date
- September 17, 1966
- Place
- Challis, ID · CHALLIS, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8461EBell 47G-3
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121581
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0952 66/9/17 NR.CHALLIS ID BELL 47G-3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2827 TIME - 1000 N8461E PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 1032 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT CIRCLED TWICE,STARTED APPR. 4FT ABV GRND,50FT OUT NOTED SPOT NG. TOO LATE FOR GOARND DUE WIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8461E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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