# Accident 20100903045679A: Bell 47G-5, Salinas, CA, September 3, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2010, 06:08 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: LSJG
- Location: 36.6622° N, 121.6239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6622&lon=-121.6239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4427F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4427F-2015-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-5 (registry code 1181032, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G-5
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA446](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA446) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100903045679A

## Narrative

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

ROTORCRAFT DEPARTED SALINAS AIRPORT WITH A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE THAT REPORTED THE WEATHER AS 2-3 MILE VISIBILITY WITH A 100 FOOT CEILING. WHILE ENROUTE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, ROTORCRAFT RAN INTO FOG. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT BUT LOST CONTROL AND MADE A HARD LANDING ON HIGHWAY 101 THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR10LA446](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA446), Sep 3, 2010: Bell 47G (N4427F), Salinas, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in his spatial disorientation and loss of helicopter control.

## Other reports on N4427F (1)

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

- [Accident 20150620011659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150620011659A), Jun 20, 2015: Bell 47G-5 (N4427F), Destroyed, 1 fatal. A Bell 47G-5 crashed under unknown circumstances while crop dusting.

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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