- Date
- February 5, 1964
- Place
- Little Nway, CA · LITTLE NWAY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73909Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185829
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0989 64/2/5 NR.LITTLE NWAY CALIF BELL 47G3B1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 10337 TIME - 1645 N73909 PX- 0 2 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 282 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISC-TAIL ROTOR STRUCK BY UNSECURD OBJECT IN FLGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OBJECTS PLACED IN LITTER BY PSG.AND NOT SECURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73909
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N73909 · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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