- Date
- October 5, 1966
- Place
- Janakpur, Nepal · JANAKPUR, Nepal
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73973Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0072 66/10/5 NR.JANAKPUR NEPAL BELL 47G3B1 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 5035 TIME - 1415 N73973 PX- 1 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 134 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73973
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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