# Accident 19781229045529A: Bell 212, Galveston, TX, December 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1978, 15:03 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49591, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49591-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 212 (registry code 1181420, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 212
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,653 total, 100 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781229045529A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER ON MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT DEVELOPED SEVERE VIBRATIONS WITH ONE ENGINE IDLED. UNABLE TO KEEP ROTOR RPM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW79FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA035), Dec 29, 1978: Bell BH212 (N49591), Galveston, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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