- Date
- May 14, 1990, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wynne, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N41SDBell 47G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900514018389A
- Case key
- 34988
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Probable cause
Landing gear skid entangled with a fuel hose. A factor was the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection.
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 being flown off a trailer to a maintenance location, the helicopter's skid entangled with a misplaced fuel hose which resulted in a roll-over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41SD
- Reported as
- Bell 47G
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1156
- Engine
- Lycoming TVO-435, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Propst Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed
- M65
- Airport
- M65 · Wynne
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
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.