- Date
- March 27, 1964
- Place
- Hayward, CA · HAYWARD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N201WBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184841
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0081 64/3/27 HAYWARD CALIF BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 576 TIME - 1400 N201W PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAYWARD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUNNING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201W
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hayward
N201WRegistration cancelled Mar 18, 2015 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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