29.3742° N, 100.9272° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at DEL RIO INTL (DRT), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
April 25, 1981 · 12:15 local
Place
Del Rio, TX
Airport
Del Rio International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
XBCMW
Reported as
Bell 206B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,254 total1,064 in this make and model250 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.
Hard landing on front part of skids. Helicopter rocked back. Main rotor cut off tailboom.
As the FAA filed it
HARD LANDING ON FRONT PART OF SKIDS. HELICOPTER ROCKED BACK. MAIN ROTOR CUT OFF TAILBOOM.