- Date
- November 18, 1983, 15:23 local (20:23 UTC)
- Place
- Middle River, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N64816Bell 47-G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831118059109A
- Case key
- 6387
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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
While practicing hovering about 2 ft AGL the student allowed the helicoper to start drifting aft & right. The right skid heel contacted the ground & the helicopter roll onto its right side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64816
- Reported as
- Bell 47-G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1255
- Airframe hours
- 3,956
- Engine
- Franklin 6V, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Brett Aviation
- Registered owner
- Dover International Machine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 14, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- MTN · Glenn L. Martin State
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
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,942 total · 200 in this make and model · 3,658 as pilot in command · 89 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTN
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 N64816 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.