- Date
- June 10, 1964
- Place
- Refugio, TX · REFUGIO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73902Bell 47J2
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0298 64/6/10 REFUGIO TEX BELL 47J2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 800 TIME - 1030 N73902 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCONNOR RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73902
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oconnor Ranch
N73902Registration cancelled Jul 9, 2012 · Bell 47J-2Airframe modelBell 47J-2Engine modelLycoming VO-540 series
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Other investigations on N73902 · 1
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