Bell CHG2 N5235N

15 October 1965 · Vivian la, Louisiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 October 1965 at about 13:15 local time, a Bell CHG2 registered N5235N, operated by Campbell Air S, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Vivian la, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 October 1965 at 13:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Vivian la, Louisiana, United States
Nearest airport: Vivian
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell CHG2
Registration: N5235N
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Campbell Air S
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0610

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ROTORCRAFT-CAMPBELL CHG2. FLIGHT CHECKING ROTOR RPM DURING AUTOROTATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 2-0610, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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