# Accident 19850720032709A: Bell 47G2, Brook, IN, July 20, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1985, 15:05 local time
- Place: Brook, IN
- Airport: Brook
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8594° N, 87.3591° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8594&lon=-87.3591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1345A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1345A-2011-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-Huddleston-Wilson 47G2 (registry code 1181076, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-huddleston-wilson-47g2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- Reported engine: LYC VO435A1E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI85FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850720032709A

## Narrative

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

ON PRACTICE AUTOROTATION, ROTOR RPMS DECAXED. UNABLE TO RECOVER WITH POWER. HIT HARD, BOUNCED ONTO CANOPY.

## 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 CHI85FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA301), Jul 20, 1985: Bell 47G2A1 (N1345A), Brook, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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