- Date
- May 25, 1981
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4055GBell 47G3B2
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810525028669A
- Case key
- 125659
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1285 81/5/25 TUCSON,AZ BELL 47G3B2 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N4055G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 34, 7736 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 456 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- PRACTICING TOUCHDOWN AUTOROTATIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4055G
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Freeway
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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.