# Accident 19880507023589A: Bell 47G3B, Cortez, CO, May 7, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1988, 17:30 local time
- Place: Cortez, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Tkof-Abort-Copter Vertical
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3498° N, 108.5699° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3498&lon=-108.5699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8455E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8455E-2018-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B (registry code 1181026, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TVO-435-GIA (registry code 41526, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tvo-435-gia) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B
- Reported engine: LYC TVO435A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 300 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507023589A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF CYCLIC ON INITIAL CLIMB. MADE HARD LANDING CHOPPING TAIL BOOM. IMPACT FIRE. NO DEFECTS NOTED

## 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 DEN88FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA106), May 7, 1988: Bell 47G-3B1 (N8455E), Cortez, CO, 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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