# NTSB investigations: Bell 47G-2, 1982 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 LAX83LVM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LVM01.md): Bell 47G2 · 5nm East Of Sal, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Oct 10, 1982 · N5159B · Substantial damage > After takeoff, during an aerial application flight, the pilot felt a sudden jolt and the engine RPM revved then decayed very rapidly. The pilot made a hard landing and the main rotor severed the tail rotor. The aircraft was within the weight and balance… - [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,… - [NTSB SEA82DA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA112.md): Bell 47G-2 · Harrah, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 15, 1982 · N6145C · Substantial damage > The pilot reported that before taking off, the fuel quantity guages indicated there was sufficient fuel to complete one more load and still have an adequate reserve. After dispensing the load, the engine lost power while he was returning to the nurse truck.… - [NTSB LAX82DA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA186.md): Bell 47G2 · Santa Maria, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 21, 1982 · N130V · Substantial damage > The helicopter contacted the platform with a landing skid and rolled over during an attempted takeoff. As the helicopterlifted off of a truck mounted platform a skid became fouled by the truck and a dynamic roll-over occurred. - [NTSB SEA82DA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA072.md): Bell 47G-2 · Grandview, WA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 18, 1982 · N11VH · Substantial damage > While dispensing herbicide (systox) over an apple orchard the pilot sensed that the engine was binding followed by a power loss. The pilot elected to dump the herbicide and performed a power-off autorotation landing in a grape vineyard. Investigation revealed… - [NTSB NYC82DA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA097.md): Bell 47G-2 · Brookville, NY · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 15, 1982 · N911X · Substantial damage > While returning to the heliport, the pilot noticed a decay in the engine and rotor rpm's. he elected to make a precautionary landing in a plowed field. During landing, the manifold pressure went to the red line while the RPM decayed. The helicopter touched… - [NTSB MKC82DA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA082.md): Bell 47G2 · Thornton, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · May 14, 1982 · N8426E · Substantial damage > During the downwind turn for the fourth spraying pass the pilot encountered a gust of wind. The pilot stated he applied power, collective and cyclic to level off at spraying altitude but the wind was too strong to prevent the tailboom from striking the ground. - [NTSB LAX82DA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA135.md): Bell 47G-2 · Stockton, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 15, 1982 · N2879B · Destroyed > The pilot landed to pick up a flagger and take him to the end of the field. The landing was made facing north on a north-south driveway. An overhead line was located along the east side of the driveway. During takeoff, the pilot moved laterally to the west,… - [NTSB SEA82DA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA050.md): Bell 47G-2A · Lyle, WA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 10, 1982 · N11VH · Substantial damage > During takeoff with a load of fertilizer, insufficient power was available to maintain engine and rotor RPM and sustain flight. The pilot dumped the load, but was unable to avoid ground contact. The tail rotor struck first and separated from the aircraft. The… - [NTSB LAX82FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA077.md): Bell 47G2 · Brawley, CA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 1982 · N4021A · Substantial damage > The pilot visually checked the gas tank before takeoff and estimated there was about 1/4 tank of fuel. He then started the engine and hovered over to the water tanker and loaded 60 gallons of water in the spray tank in order to calibrate the number of gallons… - [NTSB LAX82DA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA051.md): Bell 47G-2 · Watsonville, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 23, 1982 · N10194 · Substantial damage > During a preceding spray operation, the pilot noted that some of the spray nozzles were not functioning properly. He flushed the tanks with fresh water and partially refilled them with water to perform an airborne nozzle check. While performing the check at… ## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1982 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1181008')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1181008&year=1982 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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