# Accident 20070317005159A: Bell 47G2, Meridinville, AL, March 17, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2007, 09:00 local time
- Place: Meridinville, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9458° N, 86.5317° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9458&lon=-86.5317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N471KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N471KC-2018-01-24) (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 VO435A1F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 11 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070317005159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD A LOSS OF POWER AND AUTOROTATED INTO A SOFT FIELD FOR LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDS SANK INTO THE SOIL AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROCK FOWARD ALLOWING THE ROTOR BLADES TO IMPACT THE GROUND WHICH CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO COME FORWARD INTO THE FUEL TANKS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BURST INTO FLAMES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. ITEM 13 AIRCRAFT TIME: UNKNOWN.

## 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 ATL07LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA052), Mar 17, 2007: Bell 47G2A (N471KC), Huntsville, AL, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N471KC (2)

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

- [Incident 19851016054949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851016054949I), Oct 16, 1985: Bell 47G2 (N471KC), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Tail rotor struck ditch while hovering during instructional flight. Damage to rotor blades, drive shaft.
- [Accident 19830805043599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830805043599A), Aug 5, 1983: Bell 47G2 (N471KC), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Student pulled up collective after touchdown and full aft cyclid. Low RPM and aft cyclic, rotors severed tailboom.

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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