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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47J · Anchorage, AK · August 11, 1990

Date: August 11, 1990 · 15:30 local
Place: Anchorage, AK
Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3253G
Reported as: Bell 47J
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total1,000 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N3253GRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Bell 47JS/N 1431 · Built 1957 Airframe modelBell 47J Engine modelLycoming VO-435 seriesReciprocating

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.

Wind gust hit aircraft during air taxi. Tail rotor hit a bush damaging rotor land skids.

As the FAA filed it

WIND GUST HIT AIRCRAFT DURING AIR TAXI. TAIL ROTOR HIT A BUSH DAMAGING ROTOR LAND SKIDS.