N10065
Bell 47D1 · built 1949
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Canada on July 5, 1972.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- May 29, 1986Accident
THE PILOT HAD INTENDED TO HOVER THE HELICOPTER AND ALLOW A 'CLOWN' TO TOUCH THE SKIDS WHILE A PHOTOGRAPHER RECORDED THE EVENT LOOKING UPWARD TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT THE 'CLOWN' WAS HANGING FROM THE SKID. THE 'CLOWN' GRABBED THE LEFT REAR SKID AND THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND FULL RIGHT FORWARD CYCLIC CONTROL.
- May 29, 1982Accident
THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AT 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. AN AUTOROTATION WAS ATTEMPTED TO A HIGHWAY. THE HARD LANDING RESULTED IN THE MAIN ROTOR SEVERING THE TAIL.