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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47G2 · Panama City, FL · September 3, 1983

Date
September 3, 1983 · 16:30 local
Place
Panama City, FL
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N54522
Reported as
Bell 47G2
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435A1D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
27,000 total1,500 in this make and model100 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.

Engine quit on a sightseeing flight. Damaged tail rotor onforced landing. Water rust in fuel and fuel source.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. DAMAGED TAIL ROTOR ONFORCED LANDING. WATER RUST IN FUEL AND FUEL SOURCE.