19791111053919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L-1 · Pearland, TX · November 11, 1979

Date: November 11, 1979 · 11:00 local
Place: Pearland, TX
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1070D
Reported as: Bell 206L1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total600 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1070DRegistration cancelled Jan 5, 1989 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1S/N 45309 Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

When pilot initiated hover he turned tail rotor of his aircraft into main rotor of a stationary helicopter.

As the FAA filed it

WHEN PILOT INITIATED HOVER HE TURNED TAIL ROTOR OF HIS AIRCRAFT INTO MAIN ROTOR OF A STATIONARY HELICOPTER.

Other reports on N1070D · 2

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

Accident 19820529020049APwr Off Run Land (Autorotation · High Island, TXEngine quit on preparing to land on oil platform. Autorotated to water. Waves demolished chopper. Failed turbine.May 29, 1982 · Destroyed Incident 19800321033569INormal Cruise · High Island, TXChips light came on followed by complete engine falure. Successful autorotation to water.Mar 21, 1980