# Incident 20160521005389I: Bell 47D1, Navarre, FL, May 21, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2016, 13:30 local time
- Place: Navarre, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4134° N, 86.8886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Navarre, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4134&lon=-86.8886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3575, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3575-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V-335 series (registry code 27039, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v-335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6V-335 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 958 total, 5 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160521005389I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING A SIGHTSEEING/TOUR FLIGHT WITH TWO PASSENGERS OVER NAVARRE BEACH, FLORIDA, THE PILOT STATED AS HE STARTED HIS APPROACH TO THE NAVARRE BEACH HELIPAD, AT AROUND 40FT AGL, HE FELT THE HELICOPTER WAS NOT PRODUCING ENOUGH POWER FOR A SAFE LANDING SO THE PILOT INITIATED AN AUTOROTATION TO THE BEACH.  AS THE HELICOPTER LANDED, IT BOUNCED AND THE TAIL BOOM STRUCK A SEAWALL THAT CIRCLED THE HELIPAD.  PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N3575 (4)

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

- [Accident 19910724029759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910724029759A), Jul 24, 1991: Bell 47D1 (N3575), Provencal, LA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on aerial fire burn survey. Landed on slope. Rolled over. Departed minimum fuel. Depleted by leaky sump
- [Accident 19870425021269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870425021269A), Apr 25, 1987: Bell 47D1 (N3575), Ardmore, OK, Substantial damage. The helicopter landed hard causing rotor to strike tailboom. Pilot suspected engine problems and autorotated.
- [Accident 19790912031439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790912031439A), Sep 12, 1979: Bell 47D1 (N3575), Ardmore, OK, Substantial damage. Instructor demonstrating low-level autoration. Made hard landing.
- [Accident 19761212037429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761212037429A), Dec 12, 1976: Bell 47D1 (N3575), Vanceville, GA, Substantial damage. Settled into water drg pract hover. Student rotorcraft plt.

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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