Bell-Transworld Helicopter Cor 47G-2 N8051E

Summary

On 28 August 2013 at about 13:45 local time, a Bell-Transworld Helicopter Cor 47G-2 registered N8051E was involved in an accident near Wichita Falls, Texas, 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.

Date

28 August 2013 at 13:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Wichita Falls, Texas, United States

Coordinates

33.8006, -98.5097

Aircraft

Bell-Transworld Helicopter Cor 47G-2

Registration

N8051E

Category

Helicopter

Year built

1979

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wichita Falls → Wichita Falls

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13LA523

Nobody was injured.

The delayed remedial action by the flight instructor during a simulated autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

After the flight instructor initiated a simulated autorotation during an instructional flight, he instructed the student pilot to perform a power recovery. However, the student pilot delayed increasing the power, and the rotor rpm decayed. The flight instructor realized that it was too late to make a full recovery, so he took the flight controls and leveled the helicopter for touchdown and pulled the collective. The helicopter landed hard in a soft field, which resulted in damage to the tail rotor and main rotor blades. The flight instructor stated that he deviated from his normal procedure for recovery from a simulated forced landing and that, if he had used the procedure, the accident may not have happened.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.