- Date
- June 24, 1988, 19:55 local (Jun 25, 1988, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Terry, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2243WBell 47G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880624025849A
- Case key
- 17485
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft was on a ferry flight from alpine, WY. To belfield, ND. The plt departed alpine at approximately 0950 and made several enroute stops to refuel. The plt intended to land at miles city, MT to refuel but he got lost and flew to Terry, MT, located 38 miles east of miles city. The plt stated he experienced an eng failure and executed an autorotation. During the emergency landing the plt had to avoid pwr lines, thus losing rotor RPM. The acft landed hard. Examination of the wreckage revealed several quarts of fuel in the fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2243W
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 6755
- Airframe hours
- 6,957
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- High Country Helicopters
- Registered owner
- High Country Helic. Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 10, 1988 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- GEY · Greybull, WY
- Destination
- MLS · Miles City, MT
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22,430 total · 2,700 in this make and model · 16,430 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 305° at 30 knots, gusting 45
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N2243W · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.