# Accident 19950425008629A: Bell 47D1, Ardmore, OK, April 25, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1995, 10:50 local time
- Place: Ardmore, OK
- Airport: Ardmore Downtown Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EIVA
- Location: 34.1893° N, 97.1109° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1893&lon=-97.1109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2202C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2202C-1997-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6V4200C32
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,589 total, 1,404 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW95FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95FA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950425008629A

## Narrative

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

CHIEF PILOT GIVING PRETEST FLIGHT TO STUDENT. TAILROTOR STRUCK POWER LINE. CRASHED INTO TREES AND A FENCE.

## 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 FTW95FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95FA181), Apr 25, 1995: Bell 47D1 (N2202C), Ardmore, OK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH A POWER TRANSMISSION ARRAY STATIC LINE WHEN THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND DUAL (PRIVATE PILOT) STUDENT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT.

## Other reports on N2202C (2)

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

- [Accident 19891204049089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891204049089A), Dec 4, 1989: Bell 47D1 (N2202C), Ardmore, OK, Substantial damage. Repositioning helicopter on ramp,rolled over as it became light on skids.
- [Accident 19890526059139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890526059139A), May 26, 1989: Bell 47D1 (N2202C), Ardmore, OK, Substantial damage. Landed hard from a practice autorotation. Student unable to flare for landing. Unable to correct, blamed wind.

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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