19800501012769A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 214B · Bend, OR · May 1, 1980

Date
May 1, 1980 · 11:15 local
Place
Bend, OR
Phase of flight
To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N224RM
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA80DYK08
Reported as
Bell 214B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,608 total4,194 in this make and model213 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Clutch failed during external load lift. Made hard autorotation landing among logs.

As the FAA filed it

CLUTCH FAILED DURING EXTERNAL LOAD LIFT. MADE HARD AUTOROTATION LANDING AMONG LOGS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.