- Date
- August 23, 1966
- Place
- Rahgird, Iran · RAHGIRD, Iran
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8547FBell 47G-3B
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121407
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0084 66/8/23 RAHGIRD IRAN BELL 47G-3B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 8990 TIME - 1430 N8547F PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 2290 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8547F
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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