# Incident 20020622014459I: Bell 47D1, Chino, CA, June 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2002
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64580, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64580-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-Transworld Helicopters 47D1 (registry code 1180845, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-transworld-helicopters-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A&6V335 series (registry code 27020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-6v335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020622014459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY 22ND JUNE AT AROUND 14:30, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LIFTED THE HELICOPTER INTO A HOVER AND MOVED OVER THE GRASS AREA IN FRONT OF A HANGAR AT THE CHINO AIRPORT, CHINO CALIFORNIA. HE REPORTED THAT HE HOVERED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE OBTAINING CLEARANCE FROM CHINO TOWER FOR THE MERRILL DEPARTURE TO THE RUN UP AREA ON RUNWAY 03. AS HE APPROACHED THE HOVER THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TURNING RIGHT, AND HE APPLIED FULL LEFT PEDAL BUT THE RATE OF TURN INCREASED. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE CARRIED OUT A HOVERING AUTO ROTATION, AND AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE LEFT SKID TUBE BROKE AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE REPORTED THAT HE NOTIFIED THE TOWER OF HIS SITUATION AND WENT THROUGH THE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES BEFORE VACATING THE AIRCRAFT. HE INDICATED THAT THE MAIN AND TAIL ROTOR DID NOT CONTACT THE GROUND. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE WAS FLYING SOLO.

## Other reports on N64580 (4)

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

- [Accident 20030901036529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030901036529A), Sep 1, 2003: Bell 47D1 (N64580), Chino, CA, Destroyed. (-23) While practicing a running landings in a BH-47 a student pilot failed to touch down in a level attitude. The aircraft initially contacted the surface…
- [Accident 20010705016439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010705016439A), Jul 5, 2001: Bell 47D1 (N64580), Riverside, CA, No damage. (.19) On July 5, 2001, at 1701 hours pacific daylight time, a Bell 47D-1, N64580, experienced a rough running engine on short final approach and entered an…
- [Accident 19790519011129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790519011129A), May 19, 1979: Bell 47D1 (N64580), Middleville, MI, Substantial damage. Engine stopped due to fuel exhaustion while enroute on a ferry flight. Made hard autorotation landing>
- [Accident 19770721019199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770721019199A), Jul 21, 1977: Bell 47D1 (N64580), Byron Center, MI, Substantial damage

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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