19790412011269A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47 · Swanton, VT · April 12, 1979

Date
April 12, 1979 · 17:50 local
Place
Swanton, VT
Airport
Franklin Co
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N902Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79FNC22
Reported as
Bell 47
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
429 total85 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Instructor demonstrated autorotation landing on sod strip. Helicopter skid sank into soft spot,rolled over.

As the FAA filed it

INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATED AUTOROTATION LANDING ON SOD STRIP. HELICOPTER SKID SANK INTO SOFT SPOT,ROLLED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.