Bell 47-G2A N7579

Summary

On 28 November 1986 at about 14:10 local time, a Bell 47-G2A registered N7579 was involved in an accident near Jamesburg, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 November 1986 at 14:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Jamesburg, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bell 47-G2A

Registration

N7579

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hightstown → Hightstown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87FA039

1 person was seriously 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

THE CFI AND PRIVATE STUDENT WERE PRACTICING LIFTING OFF TO A HOVER. THE CFI ALLOWED THE STUDENT TO PREFORM ONE OR TWO UNDER SUPERVISION AND THEY WERE SATISFACTORY. THE CFI THEN ALLOSED THE STUDENT TO START PREFORMING THE MANUEVERS. THE CFI HEARD THE RIGHT SKID SNAP AND AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO APPLY LEFT CYCLIC AND LOWER THE COLLECTIVE THE HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, BOTH CFI AND STUDENT SUFFERED BURNS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.