- Date
- April 15, 1986, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9417ABell 47G3B1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860415012039A
- Case key
- 40388
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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 plt reported that after aprx 15 minutes of flt, the eng sputtered 2 or 3 times. An autorotation was performed onto rough terrain during which the tail rotor drive shaft was damaged by the main rotor blades. Post accident inspection revealed a hole in the fuel line to the filter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9417A
- Reported as
- Bell 47G3B1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 3808
- Airframe hours
- 7,928
- Engine
- Lycoming TVO-435-B2A, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pilot Personnel Internation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 1, 1986 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- S30 · Lebanon, OR
- Destination
- SLE · Salem, OR
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 375 total · 56 in this make and model · 283 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °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 N9417A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.