- Date
- April 3, 1967
- Place
- Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8448EBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117706
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0129 67/4/3 SEATTLE,WASH BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 463 TIME - 1635 N8448E PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 161 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR OF FLOAT EQUIPPED HELICOPTER HIT WATER DURING POWER RECOVERY AFTER AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8448E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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