19840121002029A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206L1 · Huntington, UT · January 21, 1984

Date
January 21, 1984 · 08:50 local
Place
Huntington, UT
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N500CN
Reported as
Bell 206L1
Reported engine
Allison 250C28B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,713 total47 in this make and model94 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.

Lost transitional lift and rudder during hover oge. Crashed into trees. Too low for safe autorotation. Pilot error.

As the FAA filed it

LOST TRANSITIONAL LIFT AND RUDDER DURING HOVER OGE. CRASHED INTO TREES. TOO LOW FOR SAFE AUTOROTATION. PILOT ERROR.