- Date
- January 18, 1964
- Place
- Shell Beachf, CA · SHELL BEACHF, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N73919Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117233
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0020 64/1/18 SHELL BEACH CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1800 N73919 PX- 0 0 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE 42, 13908 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 129 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- OPERATION CONDUCTED TO PICK UP INJURED MAN ON BEACH.MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK ROCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73919
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73919Registration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N73919 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.