20110524009719A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47G-3B-1 · Lakeville, MN · May 24, 2011

Date
May 24, 2011 · 11:55 local
Place
Lakeville, MN
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N96SH
Reported as
Bell 47G-3B-1
Reported engine
Allison 250-C10D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,565 total464 in this make and model64 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot reported engine power loss during aerial application operations. Pilot executed emergency landing in 7-8 feet of water in a lake.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE POWER LOSS DURING AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS. PILOT EXECUTED EMERGENCY LANDING IN 7-8 FEET OF WATER IN A LAKE.