Bell 47G-4A N7924J
7 July 1974 · Dead Horse Bay, New York, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 July 1974 at about 08:30 local time, a Bell 47G-4A registered N7924J, operated by NY City Police, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Dead Horse Bay, New York, 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 08:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Dead Horse Bay, New York, United States
- Nearest airport
- Dead Horse Bay
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G-4A
- Registration
- N7924J
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- NY City Police
- Operating rule
- Municipal-Public Aircraft
- Purpose of flight
- Training
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Floyd Bennett Fld, Ny → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1726
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
TAIL ROTOR HIT WATER. SHORT SHAFT HIT MN ROTOR BLADE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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