# Incident 20190618024219I: Bell 47G-2, New Richmond, WI, June 18, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2019, 08:00 local time
- Place: New Richmond, WI
- Airport: New Richmond Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1478° N, 92.5392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW RICHMOND RGNL (RNH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1478&lon=-92.5392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9025, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9025) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-2 (registry code 1181008, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-2) (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-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 46 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190618024219I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STARTED THE AIRCRAFT IN PREPARATION FOR A HOVER-TAXI TO THE AIRPORT RAMP AREA, AS THE PILOT ADDED COLLECTIVE THE AIRCRAFT STARTED AN UNCOMMANDED ROLL TO THE LEFT, THE PILOT REDUCED THE COLLECTIVE AND REDUCED POWER, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED VERY FIRMLY ON THE AFT PORTIONS OF THE SKIDS, THE REAR CROSS BRACE ON THE SKIDS WERE BENT, THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N9025 (1)

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

- [Accident 19891027043779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891027043779A), Oct 27, 1989: Bell 47G2 (N9025), Wetumpka, AL, Destroyed. Tail rotor struck a tree while turning end of spray run. Helicopter crashed and burned.

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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