# Accident 19850220030789A: Bell 47G2, Stockton, CA, February 20, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1985, 09:00 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9577° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9577&lon=-121.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4021A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4021A-1988-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-2 (registry code 1181008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- Reported engine: LYC VO435A1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX85LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850220030789A

## Narrative

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

AUTOROTATION TO VINEYARD WHEN ENGINE LOST POWER DURING CRUISE. CAUSE NOT REPORTED AT THIS TIME.

## 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 LAX85LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA147), Feb 20, 1985: Bell 47G-2 (N4021A), Stockton, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4021A (1)

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

- [Accident 19820219005129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820219005129A), Feb 19, 1982: Bell 47G2 (N4021A), Brawley, CA, Substantial damage. Took off to water test spray system. Engine quit shortly. Made tail low hard landing. Cut tail boom. No fuel .

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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