Bell 47G N182JR
28 May 1998 · Bunnell, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 May 1998 at about 20:30 local time, a Bell 47G registered N182JR, operated by Wing and Rotor International, was involved in an accident near Bunnell, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Bunnell, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Flager County (X47)
- Coordinates
- 29.4605, -81.2505
- Aircraft
- Bell 47G
- Registration
- N182JR
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Wing and Rotor International
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA98LA170
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot-in-command(CFI) failure to maintain control of the aircraft.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The CFI stated he was providing instruction to the student pilot on how to conduct a normal landing. He said that everything was normal until the wind '... probably shifted during the approach'. He stated that '... upon loosing E.L.T. (he) came up with the collective and the helicopter settled down without any reaction to the rate of descent'. Once the helicopter touched down, it bounced back up. The hard landing caused the main rotor blade to flex down and strike the tailboom causing substantial damage to the helicopter. The CFI stated that when the helicopter was 8 to 10 feet over the ground, it started to lose altitude. The pilot claims to have responded by applying pitch. The commercial-rated CFI had about 500 hours of rotary flight time. He had 5 hours of instructional time. This was the first instructional flight in the Bell 47 helicopter. The surface weather observation at Daytona Beach International, about 19 nautical miles south of Flagler County Airport, reported winds from 310 magnetic at 10 knots at the time of the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Bell 47 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 1998 | Bell 47-D1 | Monticello, Mississippi, United States | Paul M. Trost | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jun 1998 | Bell 47G | Le Center, Minnesota, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 1998 | Bell 47G | Monette, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Apr 1998 | Bell 47G-3B-1 | Sedro Wooley, Washington, United States | Helfenberger, Daniel, E. | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jul 1998 | Bell 47G-2 | Plainview, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Dec 1998 | Bell 47G-3B-1 | Winterhaven, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,633 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 Sep 1998 | Cessna 172G | Leesburg, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 26 May 1998 | Gulfstream American 690C | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 May 1998 | Mohr SKYBOLT | Lakeland, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 May 1998 | Beechcraft 95 | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | RAY T. Hanselman | Minor injuries | - |
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