- Date
- June 4, 1984, 06:21 local (10:21 UTC)
- Place
- Landisburg, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N49882Bell 47G-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840604023859A
- Case key
- 35391
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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
The helicopter lost eng power while turning on approach for landing, autorotated to a hard landing with main rotor contact to the tail boom. Two gals of fuel were drained from the acft fuel tank at the accident site. An eng run up was performed & found satisfactory.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49882
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2612
- Airframe hours
- 5,155
- Engine
- Lycoming V0-435-AIF, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Cordoba Helicopters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1984 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- Landisburg, PA
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,600 total · 575 in this make and model · 5,400 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N49882 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.