- Date
- May 8, 1964
- Place
- West Milford, NJ · WEST MILFORD, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73207Bell 47G2A
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184907
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0185 64/5/8 NR. WEST MILFORD NJ BELL 47G2A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1865 TIME - 1700 N73207 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- RIGHT FLOAT STRUCK HIDDEN OBSTRUCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73207
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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