- Date
- October 8, 1964
- Place
- Bodega Bay, CA · BODEGA BAY, CA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1141WBell 47J2A
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1033 64/10/8 BODEGA BAY CALIF BELL 47J2A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N1141W PX- 0 3 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 34, 9627 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHELL CO.HELIPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCFT-FAILURE MAIN ROTOR DRIVING FLANGE SCREWS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: DUAL TACHOMETER TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ERRONEOUS ROTOR TACHOMETER DURING AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1141W
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shell Co.Heliport