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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47G · Sand Springs, OK · April 5, 1998

Date: April 5, 1998 · 10:45 local
Place: Sand Springs, OK
Airport: William R Pogue Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Hovering
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6597D
Reported as: Bell 47G
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,250 total18 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N6597DRegistered now · Bell 47GS/N 1017 Airframe modelBell 47G Engine modelFranklin 6VS-335 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: the aircraft hovered sideways, caught skid and skid collapsed. Student pilot was solo, instructor watching from the ground. While hovering a gust of wind blew the aircraft to the left. Pilot corrected with right cyclic and did not wait for control input to take effect before lowering the collective pitch. Aircraft struck left skid into sod, buckling the left uprights. The main blades struck the ground and the helicopter came to rest on left side. Pilot counseled, no further action recommended.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT HOVERED SIDEWAYS, CAUGHT SKID AND SKID COLLAPSED. STUDENT PILOT WAS SOLO, INSTRUCTOR WATCHING FROM THE GROUND. WHILE HOVERING A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. PILOT CORRECTED WITH RIGHT CYCLIC AND DID NOT WAIT FOR CONTROL INPUT TO TAKE EFFECT BEFORE LOWERING THE COLLECTIVE PITCH. AIRCRAFT STRUCK LEFT SKID INTO SOD, BUCKLING THE LEFT UPRIGHTS. THE MAIN BLADES STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE HELICOPTER CAME TO REST ON LEFT SIDE. PILOT COUNSELED, NO FURTHER ACTION RECOMMENDED.

Other reports on N6597D · 1

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

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