# Incident 19810428030919I: Bell 206L1, Tulsa, OK, April 28, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1981, 11:40 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78CF-1995-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,372 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810428030919I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PRACTICE AUTOROTATION, ROTORCRAFT CONTACTED GROUND IN TAIL LOW POSITION. MAIN ROTOR CONTACTED VERTICLE STABLIZER.

## Other reports on N78CF (1)

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

- [Accident 19911006045089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911006045089A), Oct 6, 1991: Bell 206L1 (N78CF), Hollywood, FL, Substantial damage. Practice engine out autorotation. On landing student failed to bottom collective causing tailboom to fall downward.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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