- Date
- November 27, 1964
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7396ABell 47J2
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180673
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0892 64/11/27 LOS ANGELES CALIF BELL 47J2 CR- 1 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1658 N7396A PX- 0 0 0 POLICE PATROL AGE 42, 1237 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 28 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHERIFFS HELIPORT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED 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) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7396A
- Reported as
- Bell 47J2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sheriffs Heliport