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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47G · Tulsa, OK · July 30, 1994

Date: July 30, 1994 · 10:20 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Airport: Downtown Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Hovering
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6330D
Reported as: Bell 47G
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 260 total22 in this make and model60 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.

Narrative: history of flight; on July 30, 1994, at 1020 CDT, a Bell 47G helicopter, N6330D, owned by allied helicopter service, inc. and being flown by khalid alwazzan struck the ground with the tail rotor when attempting to turn the helicopter toward the north and taxi to the north end of runway for take off. (Pilot was taking rotorcraft training). Damage to aircraft: tail rotor blades and gear box damaged. Right skid damaged due to side load. Investigation: privacy data omitted this incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT; ON JULY 30, 1994, AT 1020 CDT, A BELL 47G HELICOPTER, N6330D, OWNED BY ALLIED HELICOPTER SERVICE, INC. AND BEING FLOWN BY KHALID ALWAZZAN STRUCK THE GROUND WITH THE TAIL ROTOR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE HELICOPTER TOWARD THE NORTH AND TAXI TO THE NORTH END OF RUNWAY FOR TAKE OFF. (PILOT WAS TAKING ROTORCRAFT TRAINING). DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: TAIL ROTOR BLADES AND GEAR BOX DAMAGED. RIGHT SKID DAMAGED DUE TO SIDE LOAD. INVESTIGATION: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.