19830515019409A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Bell H13B · Zachary, LA · May 15, 1983

Date
May 15, 1983 · 12:00 local
Place
Zachary, LA
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N739B
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83FA232
Reported as
Bell H13B
Reported engine
Franklin 6V4200C32
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23,210 total1,550 in this make and model210 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.

Tail rotor gear box separated from helicopter. Fatigue failure of the studs that attach tail rotor caused crash.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX SEPARATED FROM HELICOPTER. FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE STUDS THAT ATTACH TAIL ROTOR CAUSED CRASH.

NTSB investigation

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