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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206BELL · Navasota, TX · July 1, 1982

Date
July 1, 1982 · 18:30 local
Place
Navasota, TX
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N50054
Reported as
Bell 206BELL
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,300 in this make and model145 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.

Made low pass for passengers to take a picture. Struck wires on go around. Impact broke chin bubbles, wind screen.

As the FAA filed it

MADE LOW PASS FOR PASSENGERS TO TAKE A PICTURE. STRUCK WIRES ON GO AROUND. IMPACT BROKE CHIN BUBBLES, WIND SCREEN.