# Incident 19820314011609I: Bell 212, Houston, TX, March 14, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1982, 15:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8530B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8530B-2006-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 212 (registry code 1181420, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3 (registry code 52102, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6t-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 212
- Reported engine: PWA PT6T3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820314011609I

## Narrative

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

MECHANICAL HOOK MALFUNCTION CAUSED RELEASE OF SLING LOAD. MICROWAVE DISC ANTENNA DROPPED TO ROOF.

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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