- Date
- December 7, 1984, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ardmore, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5226Bell 47D1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841207076719A
- Case key
- 21644
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with power lines during a recovery from a practice autorotational landing. The instructor plt took control of the acft for recovery and did not see the wires.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5226
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 37
- Airframe hours
- 8,100
- Engine
- Franklin O-335-B, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R.S. Hickman Versitol Helicop.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1984 · 79 hours before
- Departed
- ADM · Ardmore, OK
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,765 total · 2,623 in this make and model · 2,765 as pilot in command · 205 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- F39
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 N5226 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.