- Date
- April 18, 1975
- Place
- Bowie, MD · BOWIE, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N420MCBell 47G4
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750418007999A
- Case key
- 134588
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2253 75/4/18 BOWIE,MD BELL 47G4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 1230 TIME - 0830 N420MC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIVERDALE,MD BOWIE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- HARD LNDG,PULLED BACK ON CYCLIC TAIL ROTOR STRUCK GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N420MC
- Reported as
- Bell 47G4
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N420MCRegistration cancelled Jan 19, 2018 · Bell 47G-4Airframe modelBell 47G-4Engine modelLycoming VO-540 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.