Bell 47G N441FD
13 August 1975 · Chicago, Illinois, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 13 August 1975 at about 14:47 local time, a Bell 47G registered N441FD, operated by Chicago Fire D, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:47
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Nearest airport
- Merrill C Meigs
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G
- Registration
- N441FD
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Chicago Fire D
- Operating rule
- Municipal-Public Aircraft
- Purpose of flight
- Demonstration
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3587
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
OBSV AND DIVER ON R FLOAT ROTOR BLADE HIT WATER.PILOT-DNWND ATMTD TO RIGHT ACFT WITH FWD SPEED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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