19821208062789A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell TH-13T · Phoenix, AZ · December 8, 1982

Date
December 8, 1982 · 10:00 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3001F
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83LA053
Reported as
Bell TH13T
Reported engine
Lycoming TVO435B1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total30 in this make and model30 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.

Allowed speed and RPM decay on a practice spray run turn around. Flew into ground. Did not want to overboost engine.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED SPEED AND RPM DECAY ON A PRACTICE SPRAY RUN TURN AROUND.FLEW INTO GROUND.DID NOT WANT TO OVERBOOST ENGINE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.