19801002077739I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Norwood, MA · October 2, 1980

Date
October 2, 1980 · 16:00 local
Place
Norwood, MA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2751A
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,455 total684 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot practicing autorotation allowed aircraft to hit ground damaging pylon isolation mount & transmission cowling

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PRACTICING AUTOROTATION ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO HIT GROUND DAMAGING PYLON ISOLATION MOUNT & TRANSMISSION COWLING