- Date
- October 27, 1964
- Place
- Mt Katahdin, ME · MT KATAHDIN, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N951BBell 47G
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0811 64/10/27 MT KATAHDIN ME BELL 47G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 6000 TIME - 0800 N951B PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR STRUCK ROCK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N951B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage