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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47G · Tulsa, OK · May 6, 1989

Date
May 6, 1989 · 10:35 local
Place
Tulsa, OK
Airport
Downtown Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6330D
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW89LA092
Reported as
Bell 47G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,370 total1,329 in this make and model185 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.

On hover after liftoff encountered strong gust. In controlling aircraft tail rotor hit ground. Made hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

ON HOVER AFTER LIFTOFF ENCOUNTERED STRONG GUST. IN CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT TAIL ROTOR HIT GROUND. MADE HARD LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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