ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373470
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| Date: | Saturday 7 March 1987 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Wilbur's Flight Operations |
| Registration: | N6140C |
| MSN: | 47 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8399 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING VO-435-B1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Anchorage, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage, AK (MRI) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS COMMERCIAL ROTORCRAFT STUDENT WERE PRACTICING QUICK STOPS TO A HOVER AT LOW ALTITUDE OVER A SNOW COVERED NON-MAINTAINED AIRSTRIP. THE STUDENT, A COMMERCIALLY RATED FIXED WING PILOT, HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THREE QUICK STOPS, BUT STRUCK THE TAIL ROTOR ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE ON HIS FOURTH ATTEMPT CAUSING THE TAIL ROTOR TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE HELICOPTER LANDED HARD AND ROLLED ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. THE HELICOPTER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, BUT NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC87FA043
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 27-Mar-2024 13:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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