- Date
- March 15, 1964
- Place
- Tell City, IN · TELL CITY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N73945Bell 47J2
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185812
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0450 64/3/15 TELL CITY IND BELL 47J2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1238 N73945 PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL AGE 36, 4588 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 8 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNFAVORABLE LANDING AREA
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73945
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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