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ANC87FA043

1987-03-07 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport CSR

Current FAA registration · N6140C

Make / Model
BELL 47G-2
Year of manufacture
1948 · 39 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19940922
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A7FFF5

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_ANC87FA043.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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