# Accident 19810815053129A: Bell 206L1, Mesquite, TX, August 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1981, 09:41 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Memorial Hospital
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7668° N, 96.5992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesquite, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7668&lon=-96.5992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3887W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3887W-2006-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,156 total, 1,725 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810815053129A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO SLOW DESCENT RATE TO FLARE FOR LANDING. BOUNCED ON IMPACT. SPUN, ROLLED OVER. BLEED VALVE PR LINE LOOSE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW81FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA131), Aug 15, 1981: Bell 206L-1 (N3887W), Mesquite, TX, substantial damage

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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