# Accident 20040814028089A: Bell 47G2, Muncie, IN, August 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2004, 15:45 local time
- Place: Muncie, IN
- Airport: Reese Apt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1550° N, 85.3167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1550&lon=-85.3167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96MB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96MB-2007-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-2 (registry code 1181008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- Reported engine: LYC VO435*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 583 total, 69 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040814028089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 14, 2004 AT 1545 EST, A BELL BHT-47-G2, N96MB, REGISTERED TO GERALD M. CONLEY LOST ENGINE POWER AND MADE AN AUTOROTATION TO REESE AIRPORT, MUNCIE, INDIANA, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE HELICOPTER WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED ON THE AUTOROTATIVE LANDING BUT THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ON PROPERTY OWNED BY THE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS ADJACENT TO REESE AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 767 FEET FROM THE CRASH SITE.

## 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 CHI04CA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA229), Aug 14, 2004: Bell 47G2 (N96MB), Muncie, IN, destroyed. Probable cause: The engine failure for an undetermined reason, and the pilot's inability to properly level-off for landing due to the low rotor speed, which resulted in the hard landing. The low altitude where the…

## Other reports on N96MB (1)

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

- [Accident 20000527004669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000527004669A), May 27, 2000: Bell 47G2 (N96MB), Ft Walton Beach, FL, Substantial damage. PIC reported lost power during takeoff from a private strip on fort Walton Beach, FL. His intent was to fly two passengers on a sight-seeing flight over the…

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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