19961215039369A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 47G · West Palm Beach, FL · December 15, 1996

Date
December 15, 1996 · 12:56 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Palm Beach County Park Airport
Phase of flight
Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1200Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA97LA038
Reported as
Bell 47G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total600 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Stuck throttle. Engine overspeed in pattern. Autorotated. Turned into wind failed decelerated. Bounced. Nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

STUCK THROTTLE. ENGINE OVERSPEED IN PATTERN. AUTOROTATED. TURNED INTO WIND FAILED DECELERATED. BOUNCED. NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N1200Z · 1

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