# Incident 20070629011829I: Bell 47G2, Oroville, WA, June 29, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2007, 12:00 local time
- Place: Oroville, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.9470° N, 119.4300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oroville, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9470&lon=-119.4300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1657, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1657-2014-09-10) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070629011829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OPERATOR WAS CONDUCTING CHERRY DRYING OPERATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. OPERATOR WAS HOVERING OVER TREES BLOWING OFF WATER ON THE CHERRIES WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT TRIED TO LINE UP THE HELICOPTER WITH THE TREE ROWS AND AUTOROTATED. AS THE HELICOPTER ENTERED THE TREES THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT QUITE LINED UP WITH THE TREE ROWS AND THE TAIL BOOM HUNG UP IN A TREE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE LOW. THE SKIDS BENT, THE BUBBLE BROKE AND THE LOWER CHIN STRUCTURE BENT. NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT THIS TIME TO THE AIRCRAFT. PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE BY THE OWNER SHOWED THAT THE OIL PUMP DRIVE WAS SHEARED AND THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED.

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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