Bell 47J N6736D
20 May 1977 · Dallas, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 20 May 1977 at about 08:54 local time, a Bell 47J registered N6736D, operated by Spinks Industr, was involved in an accident during in flight near Dallas, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 08:54
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Love Field
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47J
- Registration
- N6736D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Spinks Industr
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Highway Traffic Advisory
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1571
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
M/R BLADE SEVERED T/R DRIVE SHAFT, T/R ASSY.LGT TO MDT VERTICAL TURBC IN LOCAL AREA.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 1977 | Bell 47G-2 | Edinburg, Texas, United States | Northaire Aero | No injuries | - |
| 16 Feb 1977 | Bell 47G-4 | Blairstown, New Jersey, United States | Keystone Helic | No injuries | - |
| 9 Apr 1977 | Bell 47J-2A | Kingman, Arizona, United States | Bauer Helicopt | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1977 | Bell 47G-2 | Farmingdale, New York, United States | Island Helicop | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 1977 | Bell 47G-2 | Santa Monica, California, United States | Krueger AVN. | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jan 1977 | Bell 47J | Osage Beach, Missouri, United States | Yellow Helicop | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 1977 | Cessna 182Q | Mangum, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1977 | Beechcraft B24R | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Apr 1977 | Hiller UH-12E | Thermal, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 May 1977 | Piper PA-18 | Fort Plain, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 1977 | Cessna 188 | Brookland, Arkansas, United States | JAY H Harmon | No injuries | - |
| 1 May 1977 | Eaa Biplane P | Kennewick, Washington, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |