# Incident 19790929049759I: Bell 206B, New Orleans, LA, September 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59600, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20 (registry code 54178, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,246 total, 456 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/19790929049759I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MISJUDGED A PRACTICE AUTOROTATION, HELICOPTER DAMAGED IN HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N59600 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20211128021709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211128021709A), Nov 28, 2021: Bell 206B (N59600), Perry, OK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On November 28, 2021, about 1658 central daylight time, a Bell 206B helicopter, N59600, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Perry, Oklahoma.…
- [Incident 20140729012679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140729012679I), Jul 29, 2014: Bell 206B (N59600), Meadows, IL, Minor damage. Aircraft struck power lines
- [Accident 19780920032991A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780920032991A), Sep 20, 1978: Bell 206B1 (N59600), Morgan City, LA, Substantial damage. Contrary to briefing,started engs prior to other acft's departure

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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