# Accident 20020525015489A: Bell 47G4A, Yauco, Puerto Rico, May 25, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2002, 12:40 local time
- Place: Yauco, Puerto Rico
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.0081° N, 66.5631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0081&lon=-66.5631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6SR-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-4A (registry code 1181031, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-540 series (registry code 41534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020525015489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT PILOT NOTICED PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, HE ALSO NOTICED ENGINE OIL PRESSURE READING LOW. PILOT DECIDED TO DO A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A PARKING LOT SPOTTED FROM THE AIR. HE TOUCHED DOWN AT THE PARKING LOT TOO CLOSE TO PARKED VEHICLES. HE STARTED TO REPOSITION THE HELICOPTER, LOSING CONTROL AND HITTING THE PARKED VEHICLES IN THE LOT.

## 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 ATL02FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02FA107), May 25, 2002: Bell 47G-4A (N6SR), Yauco, PR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat that resulted in a partial loss of engine power and the subsequent collision with an object during the forced landing. A factor was weather conditions…

## Other reports on N6SR (2)

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

- [Accident 19951003030889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951003030889A), Oct 3, 1995: Bell 47G4A (N6SR), Edinburg, TX, Substantial damage. Liftoff flatbed encountered wind gust at transitional speed. Rolled. Pitched down. Right skid hit water in a pond.
- [Accident 19950201001019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950201001019A), Feb 1, 1995: Bell 47G4A (N6SR), Eagle Pass, TX, Destroyed. Predator control flight chasing bobcat. Right quartering tailwind caused loss tail rotor effect. Spun to impact.

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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