- Date
- August 29, 1984, 10:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- El Cajon, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18807Bell 47G-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840829044359A
- Case key
- 24388
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The helicopter made a hard landing during a test flt. The plt reported that the collective was very stiff and he was notable to stop the descent during landing. FAA inspected the helicopter after the accident and found no discrepancies in the control system and movement of the controls was smooth without binding.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18807
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- YH49
- Airframe hours
- 1,739
- Engine
- Lycoming VO-435-A1B, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Aircraft & Helicopter Serv Inc
- Registered owner
- Unckle Louie, Inc.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 4, 1984 · 9 hours before
- Airport
- SEE · Gillespie Field
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 5,255 total · 4,616 in this make and model · 48,134 as pilot in command · 167 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.