# Accident 19820508016549A: Bell 47D1, Amagon, AR, May 8, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1982, 18:10 local time
- Place: Amagon, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5632° N, 91.1094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amagon, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5632&lon=-91.1094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45867, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45867-2012-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-Moore 47D1 (registry code 1180847, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-moore-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6VS-335 series (registry code 27040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6vs-335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- Reported engine: FRNKLN O3355
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 201 total, 18 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FPG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820508016549A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED AND BURNED DURING TEST FLIGHT TO CHECK SPRAY NOZZLES. WITNESSES HEARD ENGINE POPPING.

## 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 FTW82FPG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPG11), May 8, 1982: Moore Bell 47D1 (N45867), Amagon, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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