- Date
- October 11, 1966
- Place
- Llensburg, WA · LLENSBURG, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N162BBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1001 66/10/11 LLENSBURG WASH BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 200 TIME - 1730 N162B PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 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 IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCFT-T/R HUB RETENTION BOLT PN 47-641-052-3. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- NO DAMAGE DURING LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N162B
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N162BRegistration cancelled Jun 2, 2010 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6A4200 series
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