# Incident 20040603011739I: Bell 47G, Hawthorne, CA, June 3, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2004, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hawthorne, CA
- Airport: Hawthorne Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9148° N, 118.3481° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawthorne, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9148&lon=-118.3481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4115A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4115A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G (registry code 1181002, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A&6V335 series (registry code 27020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-6v335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 900 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/20040603011739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIR TRAFFIC WAS NOTIFIED VAUGHN ERIC DOBALIAN, THE PILOT OF BELL 47G, SERIAL NUMBER 1084, N4115A, THAT HE WAS DECLARING AN EMERGENCY DUE TO DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING TO AIRCRAFT. UPON LANDING, MR. DOBALIAN INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE THAT MAY CAUSE THE CONTROL ISSUE. HE DID NOT FIND ANY DAMAGE, RESTARTED THE AIRCRAFT TO REPOSITION IT, WAS UNABLE TO ADEQUATELY CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. UPON SHUTDOWN, MR. DOBALIAN NOTED THAT A BOLT WAS MISSING FROM THE SCISSOR LEVER PIVOT AREA OF THE MAIN ROTOR MAST. A BOLT WAS FOUND ON THE GROUND BY THE AIRCRAFT AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY MR. DOBALIAN AS THE BOLT THAT WAS MISSING FROM THE SCISSOR LEVER PIVOT AREA OF THE MAIN ROTOR MAST.

## Other reports on N4115A (1)

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

- [Incident 19901208062109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901208062109I), Dec 8, 1990: Bell 47G (N4115A), Maryville, TN, Minor damage. Fell 4 feet AGL while hovering. Engine sprag support brace failed causing loss of lateral control.

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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