- Date
- September 6, 1987, 18:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Enterprise, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N38CDBell 47G3B1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870906049849A
- Case key
- 7511
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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
During a practice autorotation, the instructor pilot delayed in appling power to arrest the autorotative descent. The other pilot reported that the autorotation profile was was not the same as the previous successful autorotation. There were no reported aircraft problems which would have prevented the flight crew from a power recovery. Both pilots were qualified current flight instructors.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38CD
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3680
- Airframe hours
- 4,075
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A1F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Al Avn & Technical College
- Registered owner
- Alabama, Tel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Ozark, AL
- Destination
- Ozark, AL
- Airport
- Enterprise Airport, runway 5, 3,500 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,700 total · 65 in this make and model · 200 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °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 N38CD · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.