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Other reports on N64580 · 4
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Accident 20030901036529ALevel Off Touchdown · Chino, CA(-23) While practicing a running landings in a BH-47 a student pilot failed to touch down in a level attitude. The aircraft initially contacted the surface with the right rear skid causing the aircraft to pitch forward. In reaction to the forward pitching…Incident 20020622014459IHovering · Chino, CA(-23) On Saturday 22nd June at around 14:30, the pilot reported that he lifted the helicopter into a hover and moved over the grass area in front of a hangar at the Chino Airport, Chino California. He reported that he hovered for about 5 minutes before…Accident 20010705016439ARiverside, CA(.19) On July 5, 2001, at 1701 hours pacific daylight time, a Bell 47D-1, N64580, experienced a rough running engine on short final approach and entered an autorotation to the airport at Riverside, California. The helicopter made a hard landing and sustained…Accident 19790519011129AFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Middleville, MIEngine stopped due to fuel exhaustion while enroute on a ferry flight. Made hard autorotation landing>