- Date
- February 28, 1982, 14:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1773Bell 47G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820228001299A
- Case key
- 70393
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot attempted to land on a narrow flatbed trailer. He stated that he encountered some buffeting from the wind funneling between two hangars. On his third attempt to position the helicopter on the trailer, the right skid slipped off. The main rotor blades hit as the helicopter rolled to the side. The trailer's width allowed only a 2 inch clearance on each side of the skids.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1773
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- SA51
- Airframe hours
- 4,250
- Engine
- Franklin 6V-350, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larrry W. Samples
- Registered owner
- Larrry W. Samples
- Departed
- Grand Prairie, TX
- Destination
- Dallas, TX
- Airport
- RBD · Redbird
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 20,215 total · 115 in this make and model · 1,977 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 129 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RBD
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 N1773 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.