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FAA incident report · Bell 206L-1 · San Francisco, CA · April 24, 1983

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Date
April 24, 1983 · 18:30 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
Pier 43 Heliport
Phase of flight
Idling Rotors
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N57416
Reported as
Bell 206L1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total3,000 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days
N57416Registration cancelled Feb 13, 1989 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1S/N 45475Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1

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.

Pilot left helicopter. Main rotor blades still turning. Rotors collided while positioning a parked helicopter blade

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LEFT HELICOPTER. MAIN ROTOR BLADES STILL TURNING. ROTORS COLLIDED WHILE POSITIONING A PARKED HELICOPTER BLADE