# Accident 19831228074359A: Bell 206B3, Vermillion, LA, December 28, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1983, 11:30 local time
- Place: Vermillion, LA
- Airport: 255b
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N2145C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,109 total, 979 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW84LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831228074359A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOARDING PASSENGER WALKED INTO IDLING TAIL ROTOR. PILOT DID NOT NOTE PASSENGER WALKING TO REAR OF HELICOPTER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW84LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA105), Dec 28, 1983: Bell 206B III (N2145C), Vermillion 255b, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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