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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47J2 · Plymouth, MA · July 29, 1993

Date
July 29, 1993 · 05:45 local
Place
Plymouth, MA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
AXSV
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N444GW
Reported as
Bell 47J2
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435B1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,842 total1,434 in this make and model153 in the last 90 days

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.

Engine quit while practicing autorotation maneuver. Autorotation to road. Carburtor idle. Cutoff plunger stuck.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT WHILE PRACTICING AUTOROTATION MANEUVER. AUTOROTATION TO ROAD. CARBURTOR IDLE.CUTOFF PLUNGER STUCK.

Other reports on N444GW · 1

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