- Date
- October 6, 1966
- Place
- Manta, Ecuador · MANTA, Ecuador
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N73288Bell 47G3B1
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120540
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0073 66/10/6 NR.MANTA ECUADOR BELL 47G3B1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1200 TIME - 1030 N73288 PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - M.V. DAY ISLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ROTORS REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73288
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- M.V. Day Island
N73288Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Bell 47G-3B-1Airframe modelBell 47G-3B-1Engine modelLycoming TVO-435-GIA
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Other investigations on N73288 · 2
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