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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47G2A1 · Pt Lookout, MO · June 8, 1981

Date
June 8, 1981 · 11:35 local
Place
Pt Lookout, MO
Phase of flight
Aerial Taxi, Other Helicopter
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N73952
Reported as
Bell 47G2A1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,368 total4,368 in this make and model8 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.

Helicopter main rotor struck C182 wing tip during aerial taxi to takeoff in gusty wind.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER MAIN ROTOR STRUCK C182 WING TIP DURING AERIAL TAXI TO TAKEOFF IN GUSTY WIND.