- Date
- January 12, 1974
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2991WBell 47G-5
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740112001249A
- Case key
- 187272
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0060 74/1/12 NR.AURORA,COLO BELL 47G-5 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1015 N2991W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 1648 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 210 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,COLO AURORA,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- ACCIDENT SITE SNOW COVERED.HIT TAIL FIRST ON DEMO AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2991W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2991WRegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2012 · Bell 47G-5AAirframe modelBell 47G-5AEngine modelLycoming VO-435 series
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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 N2991W · 2
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