# Incident 19820514041879I: Bell 47G, North Brunswick, NJ, May 14, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1982, 08:30 local time
- Place: North Brunswick, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.4505° N, 74.4798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Township of North Brunswick, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4505&lon=-74.4798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2238W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2238W-2012-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-4A (registry code 1181031, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G
- Reported engine: LYC VO540B1B3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820514041879I

## Narrative

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

CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD BOLT FAILED. AUTO ROTATED INTO BRUSH, DAMAGING THE TAIL ROTOR.

## Other reports on N2238W (2)

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

- [Accident 19900414009099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900414009099A), Apr 14, 1990: Bell 47G4A (N2238W), Bixby, OK, Destroyed. Loud bang during a final spray run. Spray boom hit the wheat and helicopter crashed ejecting pilot. Cause unknown.
- [Accident 19870908050469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870908050469A), Sep 8, 1987: Bell 47G4A (N2238W), Minot, ND, Substantial damage. The helicopter lost rotor speed after encountering its own wake during spraying. Valve failure prevented load dump.

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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