- Date
- September 8, 1987, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Mc Intosh, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1200WBell 47G-2A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870908050459A
- Case key
- 7513
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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 helicopter was being used to set fires to burn off underbrush in a commercial forest prior to cutting of trees. The plt landed the helicopter on a mobile transport trailer at the completion of the day's work. The helicopter engine had been shut off and the rotor blades were coasting to a stop. Previously set fire generated wind which lifted the tail of the helicopter. The main rotor blades hit the ground and the helicopter fuel tank, spilling fuel which ignited.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1200W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2669
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Custom Air Brewton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 1, 1987
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,444 total · 505 in this make and model · 2,248 as pilot in command · 440 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °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 N1200W · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.