Plane Crash List

Bell 47G-5 N8563F

29 May 1973 · Gainesville, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 May 1973 at about 19:00 local time, a Bell 47G-5 registered N8563F, operated by JDJ Flying SER, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Gainesville, Texas, 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
at 19:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Gainesville, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
Gainesville Mun
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Bell 47G-5
Registration
N8563F
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
JDJ Flying SER
Operating rule
Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-1378

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

PLT STATED FLARE TOO LOW.M/R BLADES HIT T/R DRIVE SHAFT.PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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