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FAA accident report · Bell 47G-5 · American Samoa, American Samoa · October 23, 1990

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Date
October 23, 1990 · 12:00 local
Place
American Samoa, American Samoa
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2294W
Reported as
Bell 47G5
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435B1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total180 in this make and model
N2294WRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2015 · Bell 47G-5S/N 7969 · Built 1969Airframe modelBell 47G-5Engine modelLycoming VO-435 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Tail rotor struck ocean wave while herding fish at low altitude. Main rotors struck water. Impacted inverted. Sunk.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL ROTOR STRUCK OCEAN WAVE WHILE HERDING FISH AT LOW ALTITUDE. MAIN ROTORS STRUCK WATER. IMPACTED INVERTED. SUNK.

Other reports on N2294W · 3

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

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