19830125006599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Atlanta, GA · January 25, 1983

Date
January 25, 1983 · 14:30 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Fulton Co
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7905J
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,800 total2,050 in this make and model150 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 RPM decay on simulated autorotation. Then caused landing in a turn by too much throttle. Damaged skids.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED RPM DECAY ON SIMULATED AUTOROTATION. THEN CAUSED LANDING IN A TURN BY TOO MUCH THROTTLE. DAMAGED SKIDS.