# Accident 20050619014059A: Bell 47G3B1, Brewster, WA, June 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2005, 05:00 local time
- Place: Brewster, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1047° N, 119.7206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1047&lon=-119.7206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8554F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8554F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-3B-1 (registry code 1181028, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-3b-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TVO-435-GIA (registry code 41526, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tvo-435-gia) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G3B1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,680 total, 597 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050619014059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS DRYING CHERRIES NEAR BREWSTER, WA AND HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE RIGHT ANTI TORQUE PEDAL RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER. THE PROCESS OF DRYING CHERRIES REQUIRES SLOW FLIGHT JUST ABOVE THE TOPS OF THE TREES. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ HAS TWO PROSTHETIC LEGS. HE LOST THE RIGHT ONE BELOW THE KNEE AND THE LEFT ONE ABOVE THE KNEE. HE HAS A DEMONSTRATED WAIVER WHICH WAS PERFORMED IN AN AIRPLANE. BEFORE HE COULD GET HIS RIGHT FOOT BACK ON THE PEDAL THE RIGHT SKID HOOKED A CHERRY TREE AND THE HELICOPTER TIPPED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE, THE ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE GROUND, THE TRANSMISSION, MAST AND ROTOR ASSEMBLY LEFT THE HELICOPTER AND IT CRASHED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE BETWEEN ROWS OF TREES. THE TAIL BOOM SEVERED FROM THE SHIP ALSO.

## 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 SEA05CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA122), Jun 19, 2005: Bell 47G-3B-1 (N8554F), Brewster, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent anti-torque pedal input, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with trees while hovering.

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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