Bell 47G-2 N208B

Summary

On 15 May 1982 at about 14:25 local time, a Bell 47G-2 registered N208B, operated by East Bank Co., was involved in an accident near Osage Beech, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 May 1982 at 14:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Osage Beech, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bell 47G-2

Registration

N208B

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

East Bank Co.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Osage Beech → Osage Beech

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC82DA080

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

SHORTLY AFTER THE HELICOPTER CLEARED THE HELIPAD THE PILOT NOTICED THAT ALTHOUGH HE HAD THE CYCLIC POSITIONED IN THE FULL FORWARD POSITION AGAINST THE STOP THE AIRSPEED WAS GRADUALLY DECAYING. THE PILOT THEN REMOVED HIS SEATBEAT AND MOVED FORWARD. ALONG WITH CONTINOUS CHANGES OF POWER THIS ENABLED THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WITH A NOSEUP ATTITUDE. IN THE ATTEMPT TO LAND AT THE HELIPAD, WHICH WAS ADEQUATE FOR NORMAL OPERATIONS BUT NOT MEANT FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER AND EXECUTED A 180 DEGREE PEDAL TURN. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A SMALL CLEAR AREA ACROSS A HIGHWAY FROM THE HELIPAD BUT FAILED TO CLEAR A GUARD RAIL WITH THE TAILROTOR. THE PILOT BOTTOMED THE COLLECTIVE AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE SECOND CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE HELICOPTER EXPLODED AND SLID DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.BOTH THE PILOT AND THE OPERATOR CONCUR THAT THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO AN AFT CENTER OF GRAVITY PROBLEM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.