- Date
- July 28, 1974
- Place
- Seal Beach, CA · SEAL BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5226Bell 47D-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740728023759A
- Case key
- 132515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2132 74/7/28 SEAL BEACH,CALIF BELL 47D-1 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 3265 TIME - 0900 N5226 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- M/R BLADES FLEXED INTO TAIL BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5226
- Reported as
- Bell 47D-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5226Registration cancelled Oct 27, 2014 · Bell 47D1Airframe modelBell 47D1Engine modelFranklin 6V4 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.
Other investigations on N5226 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW02LA044Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportArdmore, OKthe flight instructor's selection of an unsuitable area for practicing a full touchdown autorotation, which resulted in a nose over. A contributing factor was the soft ground.NTSB FTW96LA192Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportArdmore, OKthe student's inadvertent dynamic rollover, and inadequate supervision by the flight instructor.NTSB FTW85LA074Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportArdmore, OKThe 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.NTSB FTW76FPA15Accident · No injuriesClosedIrving, TX