# Incident 19870414030219I: Bell 47D1, La Habra, CA, April 14, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1987, 13:45 local time
- Place: La Habra, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9279° N, 117.9526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Habra, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9279&lon=-117.9526&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13137, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13137-2018-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell H-13 (registry code 1180806, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-h-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 35 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870414030219I

## Narrative

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

LOST TAIL ROTOR EFFECTIVENESS WHILE CIRCLING.  REGAINED CONTROL AT HARD TOUCHDOWN. ROTOR BLADES, SKID BROKEN.

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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