- Date
- August 27, 1976
- Place
- Augusta, GA · AUGUSTA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N995DBell 47
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760827027239A
- Case key
- 155381
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2522 76/8/27 AUGUSTA,GA BELL 47 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2893 TIME - 1300 N995D PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANIEL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUGUSTA,GA 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- INTENDED TO TERMINATE AUTOROTATION AT HOVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N995D
- Reported as
- Bell 47
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Daniel Field
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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.