- Date
- July 19, 1985, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lebanon, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9417ABell 47G-3B-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850719033019A
- Case key
- 40206
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated he performed 4 circling approaches over a sand bar and on the 5th approcah, rotor RPM decayed. Unable to regain the RPM, a hard landing resulted during which the main rotor blades severed the tailrotor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9417A
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3B-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3808
- Airframe hours
- 759
- Engine
- Lycoming TVO-435-B1A, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pilot Personnel International
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S30 · Lebanon, OR
- Destination
- S30 · Lebanon, 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 544 total · 20 in this make and model · 319 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N9417A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.