- Date
- February 2, 1973
- Place
- Portland, OR · PORTLAND, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N112BBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730202003449A
- Case key
- 170046
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0271 73/2/2 PORTLAND,OREG BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 4309 TIME - 1335 N112B PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOODAT HELIPORT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR HIT BLDG DRG LDG ON TRAILER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N112B
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N112B · 2
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