- Date
- June 25, 1964
- Place
- Sodus, MI · SODUS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N73209Bell 47G3B
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183512
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0219 64/6/25 SODUS MICH BELL 47G3B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2490 TIME - 2000 N73209 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-SPRAY DUMP VALVE OPENED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73209
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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