ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294696
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| Date: | Thursday 5 August 2004 |
| Time: | 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-3B-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Brazos Helicopters LLC |
| Registration: | N47713 |
| MSN: | 2954 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Troy, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | McCleannian Co., TX |
| Temple, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 10,120-hour flight instructor was demonstrating autorotations when the helicopter landed hard and bounced back into the air, as the main rotor blades struck the tail boom. As the helicopter started to rotate, the throttle was reduced and the helicopter landed upright in a field. The flight instructor further stated the wind after the accident was from 350 degrees, approximately 10 knots. Weather reported near the time of the accident was wind from 040 degrees at 6 knots, visibility 10 statue miles, sky condition clear, temperature 84 degrees Fahrenheit, dew point 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and an altimeter setting of 29.94 inches of Mercury. The density altitude was calculated by the NTSB investigator-in-charge to be 2,485 feet mean sea level.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's improper flare, resulting in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the high density altitude.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW04CA207
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Oct-2022 08:06 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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