- Date
- October 6, 1964
- Place
- Monterey, CA · MONTEREY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6727DBell 47G2
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181784
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0764 64/10/6 NR.MONTEREY CALIF BELL 47G2 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1425 TIME - 2053 N6727D PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS FOG TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS CONTROLLED VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6727D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6727DRegistration cancelled Jun 8, 2007 · Bell 47G-2Airframe modelBell 47G-2Engine modelLycoming VO-435 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 N6727D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX86FVD07Accident · No injuriesFinal reportStockton, CAThe pilot was making a slow pass and dragged one spray boom on the ground. Insufficient airspeed resulted in loss of control. Helicopter crashed.NTSB OAK77DVM12Accident · Serious injuriesClosedKing City, CANTSB OAK73DVM21Accident · No injuriesClosedSalinas, CA