- Date
- January 27, 1992, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Cross City, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N93067Bell 47D1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920127001329A
- Case key
- 33057
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Probable cause
Partial loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons and unsuitable terrain encountered during the autorotative landing.
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 plt stated that while maneuvering, the engine lost power. Unable to maintain alt he performed an autorotative landing into trees. The helicopter fell to the ground and came to rest. Exam of the eng by the operator who has an FAA issued airframe & powerplant certificate revealed no evidence of engine failure or malfunction. The eng was transported to the facility that overhauled it approximately 2 years earlier. Exam also revealed no evidence of mechanical failure or malfunction. The name & certificate number entered in the eng logbook indicating that the eng was overhauled was not valid according to FAA personnel located in Oklahoma city, OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93067
- Reported as
- Bell 47D1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 5501
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Franklin 6V-335-A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Avico, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Avico, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 21, 1992 · 13 hours before
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 7,550 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 45 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 N93067 · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.