# Accident 19930516013809A: Bell 47G, Parker, FL, May 16, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1993, 09:25 local time
- Place: Parker, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1698° N, 85.6697° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1698&lon=-85.6697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N970B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N970B-2014-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G (registry code 1181002, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V-335 series (registry code 27039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v-335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6V335*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 25 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93FA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930516013809A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREE ON APPROACH TO SMALL FIELD. CRASHED AND BURNED. HELICOPTER STUDENT. NOT RATED. DRUGS FOR HEART SURGERY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA93FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93FA121), May 16, 1993: Bell 47-G (N970B), Parker, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the misjudgement of the distance by the nonrated pilot-in-command and subsequent collision with a tree. Contributing to the accident was the lack of helicopter experience of the pilot-in-command.

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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