- Date
- June 17, 1987, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17271Bell 47G-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31797
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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
While in cruise flt at aprx 300 ft the plt reported that he heard a loud noise followed by a loss of power. He then autorotated & set the helicopter down with no further incident. Insp of the eng revealed that the number 6 cylinder connecting rod failed near the wrist pin due to a fatigue fracture, resulting in the loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17271
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-2
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 221
- Airframe hours
- 6,648
- Engine
- Franklin 6V4, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Gold Coast Helicopter,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gold Coast Helicopter Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 24, 1987 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- North Miami, FL
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,305 total · 7,600 in this make and model · 8,135 as pilot in command · 104 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 20 nm away
Other investigations on N17271 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.