- Date
- October 18, 1964
- Place
- King Salmon, AK · KING SALMON, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6708DBell 47G2
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0783 64/10/18 KING SALMON ALAS BELL 47G2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 7600 TIME - 1730 N6708D PX- 0 0 1 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 1900 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KING SALMON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6708D
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- King Salmon
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Other investigations on N6708D · 5
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