# Incident 19930816033299I: Bell 47G4, Barnhill, IL, August 16, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1993, 17:30 local time
- Place: Barnhill, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2845° N, 88.3642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Barnhill, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2845&lon=-88.3642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N865Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N865Z-2019-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4 (registry code 1181060, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-carson-47g-super-c-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V 350 series (registry code 27043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v-350-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 850 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930816033299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED MOMENTARILY LOST CONTROL AT HOVER DUE TO GUST OF WIND. STRUCK GROUND WITH TAIL ROTOR.

## Other reports on N865Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20170421003549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170421003549A), Apr 21, 2017: Bell-Carson 47G-SUPER C-4 (N865Z), Timmonsville, SC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft departed huggins memorial airport (58J) to pick up passenger at local country club. Aircraft struck trees and ended up inverted in a field…

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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