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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Houston, TX · August 18, 1983

Date
August 18, 1983 · 18:45 local
Place
Houston, TX
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N59612
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total1,927 in this make and model47 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.

Lifted to hover from lakeshore helistop. A piece of plywood from storm debris was blown into a passing vehicle.

As the FAA filed it

LIFTED TO HOVER FROM LAKESHORE HELISTOP. A PIECE OF PLYWOOD FROM STORM DEBRIS WAS BLOWN INTO A PASSING VEHICLE.