Aviation accident GAA15CA221

Name: aviation accident: BELL 47D1 near Clanton (2015-08-11)
Start: 2015-08-11
Location: Clanton, AL, USA

NONE · BELL 47D1 · 2015-08-11 · Clanton, AL, USA

Event

NTSB number: GAA15CA221
Event ID: 20150812X10003
Type: Accident
Date: 2015-08-11
Location: Clanton, AL, USA
Coordinates: 32.851112, -86.608055

Injuries

Highest injury: NONE
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 0
Uninjured: 2
Total aboard: 2

Aircraft

Make: BELL
Model: 47D1
Registration: N74823
FAR Part: 091
Engines: 1
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

The student pilot's abrupt cyclic and collective inputs during the approach to land which resulted in abnormal runway contact and a subsequent tail boom strike by the main rotor blades.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
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