# Incident 19830111002499I: Bell 222, Houston, TX, January 11, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1983, 16:28 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EAKA
- Location: 29.6505° N, 95.2791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6505&lon=-95.2791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23021, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23021-1995-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 222 (registry code 1182122, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,511 total, 450 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83IA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830111002499I

## Narrative

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

DEVELOPED ROTOR CONTROL VIBRATIONS. FOUND WALKING BEAM FRACTURED AT THE DRIVE LINE ATTACH BOLT HOLE.

## 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 FTW83IA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83IA084), Jan 11, 1983: Bell 222 (N23021), Houston, TX, incident, no damage

## Other reports on N23021 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860121003479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860121003479I), Jan 21, 1986: Bell 222 (N23021), Huntington Beac, CA, Minor damage. Heard bang during descent and found right rear cabin window gone. Struck a passenger and dented the stabilizer.

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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