Accident Bell 47G-1 N141B, Thursday 20 May 1982

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Date:	Thursday 20 May 1982
Time:	07:10 LT
Type:	Bell 47G-1
Owner/operator:	Mort Rabkin
Registration:	N141B
MSN:	61
Year of manufacture:	1947
Total airframe hrs:	8181 hours
Engine model:	Franklin GVS-335-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cincinnati, OH - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Cincinnati, OH
Destination airport:	Cincinnati, OH
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE FORE AND AFT CYCLIC CONTROL LINKAGE TUBE BECAME DISCONNECTED IN FLIGHT. AN EMERGENCY DESCENT, USING COLLECTIVE "S" TURNS TO REDUCE AIRSPEED WAS PERFORMED. THE PILOT INTENTIONALLY COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING THE FORCED LANDING TO CUSHION THE FALL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CYCLIC PIVOT BOLT WAS MISSING P/N AN-174-15.

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