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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 412 · Galveston, TX · February 4, 1983

Date
February 4, 1983 · 09:53 local
Place
Galveston, TX
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ERAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N58RC
Reported as
Bell 412
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,238 total568 in this make and model50 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.

While landing on a drilling platform in the gulf of Mexico pilot struck a guard rail.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LANDING ON A DRILLING PLATFORM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO PILOT STRUCK A GUARD RAIL.