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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell STC47 · Taft, CA · August 5, 1987

Date
August 5, 1987 · 15:15 local
Place
Taft, CA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N917B
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX87LA294
Reported as
Bell STC47
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,913 total474 in this make and model169 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Lost all power. In autorotation heard bang. Aft part of tailboom severed by main rotors. Pilot moved cylic too fast

As the FAA filed it

LOST ALL POWER. IN AUTOROTATION HEARD BANG. AFT PART OF TAILBOOM SEVERED BY MAIN ROTORS. PILOT MOVED CYLIC TOO FAST

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N917B · 2

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