- Date
- July 31, 1964
- Place
- Ulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico) · ULF OF MEXICO, GM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8460EBell 47G2A
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0462 64/7/31 ULF OF MEXICO BELL 47G2A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 4076 TIME - 1000 N8460E PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCFT-TAIL ROTOR ASSY FAILURE,UNDETERMINED. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8460E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8460ERegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2018 · Bell 47G-2AAirframe modelBell 47G-2AEngine modelLycoming VO-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N8460E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.