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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47G2 · Port O'Connor, TX · July 15, 1988

Date
July 15, 1988 · 18:00 local
Place
Port O'Connor, TX
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N47WJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW88LA134
Reported as
Bell 47G2
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435A1E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total22 in this make and model22 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.

Student reported helicopter settled with power to hard impact during downwind hover turn. Tailboom was chopped off.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT REPORTED HELICOPTER SETTLED WITH POWER TO HARD IMPACT DURING DOWNWIND HOVER TURN. TAILBOOM WAS CHOPPED OFF.

NTSB investigation

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