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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Detroit, MI · June 2, 1983

Date
June 2, 1983 · 16:30 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N59623
Reported as
Bell 206B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total250 in this make and model25 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.

Helicopter tipped off a mobile landing platform as pilot tried to land. Impact with the ground bent the skids.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER TIPPED OFF A MOBILE LANDING PLATFORM AS PILOT TRIED TO LAND. IMPACT WITH THE GROUND BENT THE SKIDS.

Other reports on N59623 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.