# Incident 20051104028539I: Bell 47D1, Rancho Murieta, CA, November 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2005, 14:50 local time
- Place: Rancho Murieta, CA
- Airport: Rancho Murieta Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4868° N, 121.1028° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RANCHO MURIETA (RIU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4868&lon=-121.1028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16356, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V4 series (registry code 27033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 307 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051104028539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/04/2005 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE RANCHO MURIETA AIRPORT DUE TO A BROKEN TAIL ROTOR CONTROL CABLE. THE AIRCRAFT N16356 LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER.

## Other reports on N16356 (1)

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

- [Accident 20051110028389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051110028389A), Nov 10, 2005: Bell 47D1 (N16356), Rancho Murieta, CA, Destroyed. (-23) While on a training flight the student pilot experienced a vibration in the anti-torque pedals. This changed to an oscillation (helicopter moving from…

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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