Bell 47D1 N147B

23 February 1965 · San Carlos Calif, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 23 February 1965 at about 17:30 local time, a Bell 47D1 registered N147B was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near San Carlos Calif, California, 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: 23 February 1965 at 17:30
Classification: Incident
Location: San Carlos Calif, California, United States
Nearest airport: San Carlos
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47D1
Registration: N147B
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Flying School
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 5-0004

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

NO INTENT TO FLY-INADVERTENT LIFTOFF. PARKED AIRCRAFT PIPER N6171W SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

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 5-0004, 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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