# Accident 19810810048979A: Bell 47D1, Poston, AZ, August 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1981, 20:00 local time
- Place: Poston, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9921° N, 114.4045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Poston, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9921&lon=-114.4045&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8060E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8060E-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V4 series (registry code 27033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,861 total, 682 in this make and model, 235 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ85) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810810048979A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER ENGINE QUIT RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF. CRASHED OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81FUJ85](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ85), Aug 10, 1981: Bell 47D1 (N8060E), Poston, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8060E (1)

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

- [Accident 19770914028979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770914028979A), Sep 14, 1977: Bell 47D1 (N8060E), Parker, AZ, Substantial damage. Acft fueled from grnd support truck. Unidentified foreign material found.

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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