# Accident 19820903043999A: Bell 47G5A, Waconia, MN, September 3, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1982, 16:30 local time
- Place: Waconia, MN
- Airport: Mullnau
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8412° N, 93.7903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waconia, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8412&lon=-93.7903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58077 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G5A
- Reported engine: LYC VO435B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,592 total, 94 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA336) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820903043999A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO TREES NEAR PILOTS HOME. BLAMED CYCLIC. NO PREIMPACT DEFECT. POSSIBLE MANEUVER MISJUDGEMENT.

## 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 CHI82DA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA336), Sep 3, 1982: Bell 47G-5A (N58077), Waconia, MN, destroyed

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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