- Date
- July 4, 1984, 17:45 local (Jul 5, 1984, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Eagle Point, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73224Bell 47G-3B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840704054399A
- Case key
- 39963
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft main rotor struck the ground during landing. The commercial plt had taken 2 passengers for a sight seeing tour and during landing he said one of them grabbed his right arm at 4 ft AGL and he was unable to recover before ground contact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73224
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2759
- Airframe hours
- 5,140
- Engine
- Lycoming TVO-435-A1A, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- L&M Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 25, 1984 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Eagle Point, OR
- Destination
- NONE · Eagle Point, OR
- Airport
- None
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,485 total · 2,985 in this make and model · 3,485 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °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 N73224 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.