Bell 47G4 N1151W

29 April 1965 · West Mifflin Pa, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 April 1965 at about 18:00 local time, a Bell 47G4 registered N1151W was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near West Mifflin Pa, Pennsylvania, 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: 29 April 1965 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: West Mifflin Pa, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Allegheny County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Bell 47G4
Registration: N1151W
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0137

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

OWNER AT CONTROLS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. PILOT-IMPROPERLY EXECUTED AUTOROTATIVE LANDING.

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 2-0137, 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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