# Accident 20190827011669A: Bell 47G-4A, North Las Vegas, NV, August 27, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2019, 15:00 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2069° N, 115.2006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2069&lon=-115.2006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6064H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6064H-2022-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G-4A (registry code 1181031, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g-4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G-4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 235 total, 14 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19TA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19TA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190827011669A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 27, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 PST, N6064H, A BELL 47G-4A HELICOPTER, IMPACTED TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER COMING TO A HOVER AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT IN NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.

THERE WERE TWO OCCUPANTS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PIC AND A PASSENGER.  THE PIC SUSTAINED A MINOR LACERATION TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.

SHORTLY AFTER THE HELICOPTER CAME TO AN APPROXIMATELY 3 FOOT HOVER, THE HELICOPTER PROCEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD AND AFT THAN CONTINUED AFT AND YAWED TO THE RIGHT.  THE HELICOPTER BANKED TO THE LEFT WHILE MOVING AFT  CAUSING THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES TO STRIKE THE PAVEMENT.  THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK A FUEL STORAGE TANK AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME AS THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE PAVEMENT.  THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED OVER ON IT'S LEFT SIDE.

THE HELICOPTER ACCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA BY A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA AIMED AT THE HELICOPTER PAD.

THE PIC STATED THE INTENT OF THE FLGHT WAS TO START UP THE HELICOPTER AND HOVER IT TO CHECK FOR ANY UNUSUAL MECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES.  HE SAID AFTER HE BROUGHT THE HELICOPTER TO  A HOVER IT FELT UNSTABLE, SO HE ASKED THE PASSENGER TO TAKE THE CONTROLS.  THE PASSENGER WAS AT THE CONTROLS OF THE HELICOPTER PRIOR TO IT MOVING AFT AND YAWING TO THE RIGHT.

REPORT TO BE AMENDED.

## 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 WPR19TA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19TA245), Aug 28, 2019: Bell 47G (N6064H), North Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The noncertificated passenger’s loss of control during attempted hover operations.

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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