20151005017709A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell 47G-3B · Huntsville, TX · October 5, 2015

Date
October 5, 2015 · 07:20 local
Place
Huntsville, TX
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
U9QG
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N160CS
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN16LA003
Reported as
Bell 47G-3B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
731 total106 in this make and model192 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 made a right turn and could not return to level flight. Impacted ground and helicopter was destroyed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A RIGHT TURN AND COULD NOT RETURN TO LEVEL FLIGHT. IMPACTED GROUND AND HELICOPTER WAS DESTROYED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.