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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47G · Overton, NV · October 18, 1982

Date
October 18, 1982 · 16:00 local
Place
Overton, NV
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N47VS
Reported as
Bell 47G
Reported engine
Franklin 6V4178*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21 total21 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Ran out of fuel. Tail boom struck the ground on autorotative landing to a sloped surface. No solo endorsement.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OUT OF FUEL. TAIL BOOM STRUCK THE GROUND ON AUTOROTATIVE LANDING TO A SLOPED SURFACE. NO SOLO ENDORSEMENT.

Other reports on N47VS · 1

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