N5226
Bell 47D1 · built 1950
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on January 23, 1930.
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
- December 1, 2001Accident
the flight instructor's selection of an unsuitable area for practicing a full touchdown autorotation, which resulted in a nose over. A contributing factor was the soft ground. Full accident record
- April 26, 1996Accident
the student's inadvertent dynamic rollover, and inadequate supervision by the flight instructor.
- December 7, 1984Accident
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES DURING A RECOVERY FROM A PRACTICE AUTOROTATIONAL LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR PLT TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT FOR RECOVERY AND DID NOT SEE THE WIRES.
- December 7, 1975Accident
Inadequate Supervision Of Flight. Factors: Simulated Conditions; Downwind
- July 28, 1974Accident
Failed To Maintain Adequate Rotor R.P.M.; Improper Operation Of Flight Controls
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1950 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N5226.
- June 28, 1940Accident
The airplane departed RAF Detling and crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. No trace was ever found. Crew: P/O Ian F. Lothian, P/O Alan Swainston, Sgt John P. Morgan, Sgt John W. T. Alderslade.