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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Hempstead, TX · April 8, 1983

Date
April 8, 1983 · 16:00 local
Place
Hempstead, TX
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3898P
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83LA184
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,872 total1,761 in this make and model101 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.

During emergency autorotation landing, helicopter hit wires and crashed. Foreign material found in compressor.

As the FAA filed it

DURING EMERGENCY AUTOROTATION LANDING, HELICOPTER HIT WIRES AND CRASHED. FOREIGN MATERIAL FOUND IN COMPRESSOR.

NTSB investigation

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