- Date
- September 19, 1966
- Place
- Noxon, MT · NOXON, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6782DBell 47G-3
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121480
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0792 66/9/19 NR.NOXON MONT BELL 47G-3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1950 TIME - 0755 N6782D PX- 0 0 1 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 114 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NO.1 CONNECTING ROD FAILED.PILOT CRASH LANDED IN TREE TOPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6782D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed