- Date
- November 3, 1984, 18:00 local (Nov 4, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Terlingua, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93067Bell 47D1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841103061509A
- Case key
- 21621
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Shortly after the plt took off on a sight-seeing flt, the eng lost power when the helicopter was over rough terrain at about 200 ft AGL. During an autorotative landing, the helicopter rocked forward causing the main rotor blades to strike the tail boom. According to the plt, the power loss was due to a small amount of water in the fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93067
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 5501
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Patrick Q Perez
- Registered owner
- Hoffmann Aircraft Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,288 total · 44 in this make and model · 62 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N93067 · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.