- Date
- February 24, 1974
- Place
- Spokane, WA · SPOKANE, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59HBell 47G-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740224002529A
- Case key
- 186907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0421 74/2/24 NR.SPOKANE,WASH BELL 47G-2 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1437 N59H PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 38, 6036 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 570 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPOKANE,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- DEMO AUTOROTATION TO SLOPING CONFINED AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59H
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- 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 N59H · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI84LA317Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportJeffersonville, OHThe acft started to settle with power during takeoff after the acft was loaded with chemicals. The plt said he had a choice of, going through a fence or over it and decided to go over it. Pulling collective bled off m/r and the acft stopped flying. The tail…NTSB MKC79DER70Accident · No injuriesClosedSt.Peter, MNNTSB ANC70A0006Accident · No injuriesClosedKing Salmon, AK