Bell 47D-1 N4250A

24 June 1979 · Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 June 1979 at about 07:50 local time, a Bell 47D-1 registered N4250A, operated by Connecticut HE, was involved in an accident during in flight near Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 June 1979 at 07:50
Classification: Accident
Location: Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States
Nearest airport: Danbury
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47D-1
Registration: N4250A
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Connecticut HE
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Mahopac, Ny → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1874

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

AUTOROTATIVE LNDG INTO A PVT PARKING LOT.FLT OUER DENSELY WOODED AREA W FEW LNDG AREAS AVAILABLE.

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 3-1874, 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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