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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47-G · New Port Richey, FL · September 4, 1987

Date
September 4, 1987 · 15:00 local
Place
New Port Richey, FL
Airport
West Pasco
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N73DB
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA87LA240
Reported as
Bell 47G
Reported engine
Franklin 6V335A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total122 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed on aft part of skids on a practice autorotation. Rocked forward used aft cyclic and rotors chopped tailboom.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON AFT PART OF SKIDS ON A PRACTICE AUTOROTATION. ROCKED FORWARD USED AFT CYCLIC AND ROTORS CHOPPED TAILBOOM.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N73DB · 1

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