# Incident 19810624045179I: Bell 47G3B1, Virginia Beach, VA, June 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1981, 18:52 local time
- Place: Virginia Beach, VA
- Airport: Virginia Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi, Other Helicopter
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6789° N, 76.0328° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VIRGINIA BEACH (42VA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6789&lon=-76.0328&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101VB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101VB-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B-1 (registry code 1181028, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,020 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810624045179I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING AERIAL TAXI PILOTS INATTENTION CAUSED WING TO PITCH ROTORCRAFT NOSE UP AND SKIDS HIT HARD.

## Other reports on N101VB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19950620017819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950620017819A), Jun 20, 1995: Bell 47G3B1 (N101VB), Livingston, AL, Substantial damage. Lost power returning for reloading hard impact in tall brush. No cause for power loss found. Fuel in carburetor.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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