# Accident 20070912021869A: Bell 47G3B1, Pueblo, CO, September 12, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HKVG
- Location: 38.0833° N, 104.4333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0833&lon=-104.4333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N360SS) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,532 total, 1,768 in this make and model, 352 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070912021869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND HE WAS CONDUCTING AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, 12 SE OF KPUB. HE MOVED HIS LZ TO AN AREA IN A CANYON. HIS FIRST LOAD WAS NORMAL WITH A SLIGHT WIND BLOWING FROM UP CANYON SO HE DEPARTED UPHILL AND UP CANYON. ON HIS SECOND LOAD THE WIND WAS CALM ACCORDING TO THE WIND INDICATOR ON HIS TRUCK. HE ELECTED TO DEPART DOWNHILL AND DOWN CANYON. DURING HIS TAKEOFF THE WIND GUSTED FROM UP CANYON TO ABOUT 15 KTS. THE RESULTING TAIL WIND CAUSED THE HELICOPTER TO SETTLE TO THE GROUND. DURING THE TOUCHDOWN THE TAIL STINGER AND SKID GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, THEN THE AIRCRAFT YAWED AND THE SKID GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL BOOM AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. PILOT STATED HE MISJUDGED THE WIND.

## 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 DEN07LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA155), Sep 12, 2007: Bell 47G-3B-1 (N360SS), Avondale, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain translational lift and his improper flare. A contributing factor in this accident was the sudden wind shift.

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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