- Date
- July 19, 1964
- Place
- Toppenish, WA · TOPPENISH, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1161NBell 47D1
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183704
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0913 64/7/19 NR.TOPPENISH WASH BELL 47D1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 200 TIME - 0545 N1161N PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCFT-CYCLIC CONTROL JAMMED,REASON UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: CYCLIC PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1161N
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1161NRegistration cancelled Feb 16, 2017 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelFranklin 6V4 series
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Other investigations on N1161N · 1
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