- Date
- January 3, 1964
- Place
- Euless Tex, TX · EULESS TEX, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73933Bell 206
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115826
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0006 64/1/3 EULESS TEX BELL 206 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 4675 TIME - 1400 N73933 PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 175 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- IMPROPERLY RIGGED THROTTLE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73933
- Reported as
- Bell 206
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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