- Date
- June 3, 1987, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, MN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N128BBell 47G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870603018319A
- Case key
- 13643
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Aircraft collided with terrain after tailboom structure failed because of internal corrosion. The aircraft was not registered at the time of the accident and the pilot/operator failed to assure that proper or timely preventive maintenance was performed on the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N128B
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 48
- Engine
- Franklin 6V-350-A, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Rand Auto Body, doing business as Classic Helicopters, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Rand Auto Body
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ANE · Anoka, MN
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
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,050 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIC, 13 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.
Other investigations on N128B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.