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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47G-3 · Mesa Verde, CO · May 15, 1996

Date: May 15, 1996 · 17:00 local
Place: Mesa Verde, CO
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator: HXCL
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N265RD
Reported as: Bell 47G3
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total250 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N265RDRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2012 · Bell 47G-3S/N 2637 · Built 1961 Airframe modelBell 47G-3 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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: aircraft was dropping off load on 100 foot line at helipad when the engine quit. Pilot auto-rotated aircraft to helipad landing hard, bending aft landing gear cross tube. Fuel was drained from fuel cells indicating 1/2 gallon of fuel. Fuel filters were dry. privacy data omitted Aircraft was inspected by maintenance personnel, fuel was added, and engine was run normally with no other problems. This report is final and closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS DROPPING OFF LOAD ON 100 FOOT LINE AT HELIPAD WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT AUTO-ROTATED AIRCRAFT TO HELIPAD LANDING HARD, BENDING AFT LANDING GEAR CROSS TUBE. FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM FUEL CELLS INDICATING 1/2 GALLON OF FUEL. FUEL FILTERS WERE DRY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, FUEL WAS ADDED, AND ENGINE WAS RUN NORMALLY WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. THIS REPORT IS FINAL AND CLOSED.