- Date
- May 29, 1982, 18:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Blountville, TN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10065Bell 47D1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820529019639A
- Case key
- 69987
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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 aircraft lost power at 100 feet above ground level. An autorotation was attempted to a highway. The hard landing resulted in the main rotor severing the tail.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10065
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 51-14065
- Airframe hours
- 46
- Engine
- Franklin 6V-335A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary W. Manis
- Registered owner
- Floyd Vanderpool
- Departed
- TRI · Tri-Cities, TN
- Destination
- TRI · Tri-Cities, TN
- Airport
- TRI · Tri Cities
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,586 total · 86 in this make and model · 2,546 as pilot in command · 136 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 183 °F
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 N10065 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.