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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47D1 · Natchitoches, LA · August 31, 1992

Date: August 31, 1992 · 15:00 local
Place: Natchitoches, LA
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: SUUG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N157B
Reported as: Bell 47D1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,630 total900 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N157BRegistered now · Bell 47D1S/N 11 · Built 1947 Airframe modelBell 47D1 Engine modelFranklin 6V4 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.

Tail rotor drive shaft severed just aft of second aft hanger bearing. Autorotated to ground.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT SEVERED JUST AFT OF SECOND AFT HANGER BEARING. AUTOROTATED TO GROUND.

Other reports on N157B · 1

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

Accident 19740521027169ATo Vertical (Helicopter Only) · Circleville, OHUnwanted needle split. Incr in pwr caused eng ovrspeed. Un ck throttle rigging. Tail low ldg.May 21, 1974 · Substantial damage