- Date
- February 14, 1984, 16:40 local (Feb 15, 1984, 01:40 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8495EBell 47G-2A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840214011009I
- Case key
- 4243
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft tail rotor struck snow during an autorotative landing following an eng failure. The snow depth varied between 32 & 45 inches. Examination of the eng revealed that the rt hand mag was firing intermittently on two of the six distributor contacts which were gapped closer than the prescribed minimum.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8495E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2680
- Airframe hours
- 3,446
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A1E, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lee Conrad Houston
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1983 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 561 total · 286 in this make and model · 502 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8495E · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.