- Date
- March 22, 1987, 13:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Homosassa, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N88929Bell 47-D1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870322030389A
- Case key
- 31881
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that just after takeoff, at about 50 ft, the eng lost power and he made a forced landing in a canal. No determination could be made as to the nature of the malfunction of the engine as described by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88929
- Reported as
- Bell 47-D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 364
- Airframe hours
- 4,719
- Engine
- Franklin 64-350A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard N. Naylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 19, 1986 · 85 hours before
- Destination
- PIE · Clearwater, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 89 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 30 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 N88929 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.