- Date
- April 30, 1964
- Place
- Windsor, MO · WINDSOR, MO
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N73871Cont Copter 47G
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0131 64/4/30 WINDSOR MO CONT COPTER 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AGE 27, 1500 TOTAL HOURS, TIME - 1300 N73871 PX- 0 0 2 POWER/PIPELINE 800 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER STATIC: ENGINE RUNUP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73871
- Reported as
- Cont Copter 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N73871Registration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Bell-Continental Copters 47G-ELTOMCAT MKIIAirframe modelBell-Continental Copters 47G-ELTOMCAT MKIIEngine modelFranklin 6A4200 series
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Other investigations on N73871 · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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