19820529019639A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47D1 · Blountville, TN · May 29, 1982

Date
May 29, 1982 · 18:24 local
Place
Blountville, TN
Airport
Tri Cities
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N10065
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL82DA150
Reported as
Bell 47D1
Reported engine
Franklin 6V335A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,586 total86 in this make and model136 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Failed to maintain rotor speed on practice autorotation landing. Impact collapsed skids, rotor cut off tail boom.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO MAINTAIN ROTOR SPEED ON PRACTICE AUTOROTATION LANDING. IMPACT COLLAPSED SKIDS, ROTOR CUT OFF TAIL BOOM.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N10065 · 1

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