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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 212 · Galveston, TX · March 18, 1981

Date: March 18, 1981 · 07:20 local
Place: Galveston, TX
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N57480
Reported as: Bell 212
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6T3
People aboard: 11
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,400 total700 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N57480Registration cancelled Oct 25, 1985 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1S/N 45501 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.

Right engine side cowl came off and struck right horizontal stabilizer. Installed two new fasteners.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT ENGINE SIDE COWL CAME OFF AND STRUCK RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. INSTALLED TWO NEW FASTENERS.

Other reports on N57480 · 1

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

Accident 19820821040069APwr Off Run Land (Autorotation · Hohokus, NJTurbine assembly guide vane failed. Helicopter was substantially damaged in the hard autorotation landing.Aug 21, 1982 · Substantial damage