Bell 47G-2 N23947

Summary

On 9 September 2006 at about 14:30 local time, a Bell 47G-2 registered N23947 was involved in an accident near Hayden, Alabama, 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

9 September 2006 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hayden, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Na (NA)

Coordinates

33.8897, -86.7495

Aircraft

Bell 47G-2

Registration

N23947

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cullman → Hayden

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN06CA124

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

According to the pilot, he had just performed an uneventful landing in his pasture and was allowing the engine to cool down before shutting it down. The pilot reported that one minute into the cool down, he reduced the throttle to seventeen hundred rpm. He felt heat on his back and turned around to see fire coming from the engine. As the pilot was attempting to egress from the helicopter, he fell backwards, grabbed the cyclic stick with the engine still running, and pulled it to the left side as he slid out. The helicopter was entirely consumed by fire. Due to the extent of the damage, the origin of the fire could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.