Bell 47G-2A N73219
7 January 1969 · Shreveport, Louisiana, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 January 1969 at about 16:50 local time, a Bell 47G-2A registered N73219, operated by Campbell Air S, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Downtown
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G-2A
- Registration
- N73219
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Campbell Air S
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Test
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0014
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
DURING 3 FT HOVERING AUTOROTATION PLT INCREASED THROTTLE RAPIDLY AND DID NOT CORRECT FOR TORQUE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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