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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47B3 · Mojave, CA · June 27, 1987

Date
June 27, 1987 · 07:37 local
Place
Mojave, CA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N11HU
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX87LA261
Reported as
Bell 47B3
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
209 total171 in this make and model21 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.

The helicopter made a forced landing after the engine failed from fuel exhaustion. The tail boom was severed.

As the FAA filed it

THE HELICOPTER MADE A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE FAILED FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE TAIL BOOM WAS SEVERED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.