# Incident 19940730030299I: Bell 47G, Tulsa, OK, July 30, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1994, 10:20 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Downtown Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6330D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 22 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940730030299I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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