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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47D1 · Okeene, OK · April 25, 1981

Date
April 25, 1981 · 18:00 local
Place
Okeene, OK
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7768
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81DPJ24
Reported as
Bell 47D1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,228 total1,218 in this make and model219 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Failed to initiate a timely power recovery from practice autorotation with excessive forward speed.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO INITIATE A TIMELY POWER RECOVERY FROM PRACTICE AUTOROTATION WITH EXCESSIVE FORWARD SPEED.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N7768 · 1

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