- Date
- July 20, 1985, 15:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Brook, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1345ABell 47G2A1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850720032709A
- Case key
- 12855
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The helicopter contacted the terrain in a flat attitude and rolled over during an autorotative landing. A witness stated an autorotation was entered at 800 ft AGL during which the plt made a 360 deg descending turn. An application of pwr was heard at an alt of aprx 300 ft AGL, however, the acft contacted the terrain before a full recovery was made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1345A
- Reported as
- Bell 47G2A1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 471981-G2A1
- Airframe hours
- 283
- Engine
- Lycoming V0-435A1E, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- H & W Helicopters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 16, 1985 · 42 hours before
- Airport
- II04 · Brook, runway 18, 2,600 × 175 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 8,500 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAF, 32 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.