- Date
- June 25, 1984, 14:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N953Bell 47G-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840625032879A
- Case key
- 24322
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to a plt/operator statement, the student plt was cleared for a downwind apch to land on 'pad 3.' The student stated that the apch was normal until he slowed to 40 mph & 'made left turn to final approach into a cross wind.' During the turn to final apch, the student attempted to communicate with ATC to request a turn into the wind. During the discussion, the student became distracted. He allow the airspeed to decay & the helicopter began settling with power. Subsequently, the helicopter touched down hard in a tail low attitude & the tail rotor separated. The helicopter then began to rotate & the gear (skid) separated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N953
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1389
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A18, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Barry Lloyd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 22, 1984 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- LVK · Livermore, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CCR · Buchanan
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 71 total · 39 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CCR, 1 nm away
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 N953 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.