# NTSB investigations: Bell 47G-2: Hard landing

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CHI94LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA133.md): Bell 47-62 · Aurora, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 5, 1994 · N6711D · Substantial damage
  > The dual students inadequate flare and the pilot in command's (flight instructor) delayed remedial action.
- [NTSB LAX93LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA209.md): Bell 47-G2 · Antarctica · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 28, 1993 · N1437 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's poorly planned approach.
- [NTSB LAX91LA405](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA405.md): Bell 47G2 · Keaau, HI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 14, 1991 · N6708D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's landing hard. A contributing factor in this accident was the aircraft emitting a vibration from an unknown source.
- [NTSB NYC86LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA203.md): Bell 47G2 · Hazleton, PA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 7, 1986 · N7739 · Substantial damage
  > The Bell 47G2 made a hard landing in a field. The main rotor contacted the tail rotor and boom. The helicopter received substantial damage and the pilot received minor injuries. On scene examination revealed no evidence of any defect or malfunction of the…
- [NTSB MIA85LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA085.md): Bell 47-G · Miami, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 28, 1985 · N17271 · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated the helicopter gained too much forward speed because of gusty winds while he was maneuvering the helicopter to the refueling area. A hard landing resulted as the plt attempted to slow the helicopter to avoid contacting refueling equipment.
- [NTSB ANC83LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA035.md): Bell 47G-2 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 19, 1983 · N2822B · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter made a landing during which the tail boom was severed. This was a dual instructional flight and accordingto the instructor, a high reconnaissance was performed before selecting their approach to the pinnacle. The pinnacle is a 3000 foot landing…
- [NTSB MIA82DA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA174.md): Bell 47G-2 · Miami, FL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 20, 1982 · N366DJ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot reported that while he was practicing an autorotative landing, he started to flare a bit too high. He stated that the helicopter touched down harder than normal and the main rotor blades flexed downward and swept across the tail boom. Subsequently,…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1181008')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1181008&occurrence=200

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.