# Accident 20221001021509A: Bell 47G, Mesa, AZ, October 1, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2022, 12:50 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3998° N, 111.8277° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3998&lon=-111.8277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24067, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24067) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47G (registry code 1181002, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47g) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,080 total, 350 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221001021509A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED CHANDLER AIRPORT (CHD) AT 0445 AFTER PREFLIGHTING THE AIRCRAFT. HE THEN COMPLETED 3 NIGHT LANDINGS AT (CHD) HELIPORT AND THEN PROCEEDED NORTH TO MCDONALD DRIVE AND THEN WEST TO CAMELBACK MOUNTAIN. HE THEN MADE A TURN AND HEADED BACK EAST TO HIGHWAY 87 AND THEN TURNED SOUTH TOWARD (CHD). WHEN PASSING SOUTHERN AVENUE AT 2000 AGL THE ENGINE QUIT ABRUPTLY. HE THEN COMMENANCED AN AUTO-ROTATION AND SELECTED A RESIDENTAL STREET TO LAND ON. JUST PRIOR TO LANDING HE STIRRED TO AVOILD LIGHT POLES WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 WPR23LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA006), Oct 1, 2022: Bell 47G2 (N24067), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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