# Incident 19980405010979I: Bell 47G, Sand Springs, OK, April 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1998, 10:45 local time
- Place: Sand Springs, OK
- Airport: William R Pogue Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1753° N, 96.1518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM R POGUE MUNI (OWP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1753&lon=-96.1518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6597D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6597D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G (registry code 1181002, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6VS-335 series (registry code 27040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6vs-335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980405010979I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19830515019739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830515019739A), May 15, 1983: Bell 47G (N6597D), Plainsboro, NJ, Destroyed. Helicopter crashed during aerial application flight when tail rotor drive shaft broke. PN476441799.

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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