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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aerosp AS355E · Corpus Christi, TX · October 18, 1983

Date
October 18, 1983 · 14:00 local
Place
Corpus Christi, TX
Airport
Corpus Christi
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N813DB
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW84LA026
Reported as
Aerosp AS355E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,400 total12 in this make and model3 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.

Over controlled cylic on practice tail rotor failure run on landing. Tail rotor hit ground. Was chopped off.

As the FAA filed it

OVER CONTROLLED CYLIC ON PRACTICE TAIL ROTOR FAILURE RUN ON LANDING. TAIL ROTOR HIT GROUND. WAS CHOPPED OFF.

NTSB investigation

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