# Incident 19780216006789I: Bell 204B, Pearland, TX, February 16, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1978, 10:15 local time
- Place: Pearland, TX
- Airport: William P. Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1177W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1177W-1979-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 204-B (registry code 1181404, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-204-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 204B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 615 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780216006789I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT EXPERIENCED PARTIAL LOSS OF TAIL ROTOR CONTROL. MADE SUCCESSFUL RUN-ON LANDING ON FOAMED RUNWAY.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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