# Accident 20060909019989A: Bell 47G2, Hayden, AL, September 9, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2006, 10:30 local time
- Place: Hayden, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8897° N, 86.7495° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8897&lon=-86.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23947, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23947-2008-01-23) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 167 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06CA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060909019989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE INTO A TWO MINUTE COOL DOWN THE PILOT REDUCED THROTTLE TO SEVENTEEN HUNDRED RPM'S. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT FELT HEAT ON HIS BACK, TURNED AND SAW THAT FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE, DURING EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT STATES THAT HE FELL BACKWARDS, GRABBED THE CYCLIC STICK WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING, PULLED IT TO THE LEFT SIDE AS HE SLID OUT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL OVER ONTO ITS LEFT SIDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AS THE PILOT CRAWLED CLEAR OF THE FLAMES.

## 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 DEN06CA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA124), Sep 9, 2006: Bell 47G-2 (N23947), Hayden, AL, destroyed. Probable cause: engine fire for reasons undetermined.

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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