29.7633° N, 95.3633° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 12, 1985 · 15:20 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Intercontinental
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EAKA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1085Z
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total2,200 in this make and model133 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.
Baggage cart rolled into tail rotor as agent was loading luggage.
As the FAA filed it
BAGGAGE CART ROLLED INTO TAIL ROTOR AS AGENT WAS LOADING LUGGAGE.