19801008049739A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 47G · Clarksville, TN · October 8, 1980

Date
October 8, 1980 · 09:45 local
Place
Clarksville, TN
Airport
Outlaw
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N64877
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81FKW02
Reported as
Bell 47G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,577 total560 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Allowed rotor speed to decay on autorotation landing. Hit hard, copter nosed over. CFI late on recovery try.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED ROTOR SPEED TO DECAY ON AUTOROTATION LANDING. HIT HARD, COPTER NOSED OVER. CFI LATE ON RECOVERY TRY.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N64877 · 2

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