FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Providence, RI · May 3, 1981
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.
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Started helicopter with main rotor still tied down. Lead weight on tiedown struck vert fin and rotor blade.
STARTED HELICOPTER WITH MAIN ROTOR STILL TIED DOWN. LEAD WEIGHT ON TIEDOWN STRUCK VERT FIN AND ROTOR BLADE.