- Date
- March 16, 1964
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N73272Bell 47J2
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185609
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0063 64/3/16 NR.LOS ANGELES CALIF BELL 47J2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N73272 PX- 0 0 2 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY AGE 32, 2100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 82 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 50 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73272
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73272Registration cancelled Nov 17, 2014 · Bell 47J-2Airframe modelBell 47J-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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