# Incident 19900716064479I: Bell 47G, Union Springs, AL, July 16, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1990, 08:05 local time
- Place: Union Springs, AL
- Airport: Franklin Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1676° N, 85.8112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANKLIN FLD (07A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1676&lon=-85.8112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47DT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47DT-2018-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-2A (registry code 1181012, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900716064479I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND TO RUDDER CONTROL ON LANDING. LANDED HARD DAMAGING GEAR SKIDS.

## Other reports on N47DT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140718016419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140718016419A), Jul 18, 2014: Bell 47G-2A (N47DT), Merced, CA, Destroyed. On July 18, 2014, N47DT a Bell 47 helicopter which was conducting agricultural spray operations made contact with a power line pole guide wire while attempting…

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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