19840717046169I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L-1 · Morgan City, LA · July 17, 1984

Date
July 17, 1984 · 09:15 local
Place
Morgan City, LA
Airport
Eugene Island
Phase of flight
Idling Rotors
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1074A
Reported as
Bell 206L1
Reported engine
Allison 250C28
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,826 total2,822 in this make and model163 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.

Rotors blades struck rotors of a parked helicopter after start up. Pilot of parked craft failed to secure rotors.

As the FAA filed it

ROTORS BLADES STRUCK ROTORS OF A PARKED HELICOPTER AFTER START UP. PILOT OF PARKED CRAFT FAILED TO SECURE ROTORS.