# Incident 19850626036739I: Bell 206L1, Manchaca, TX, June 26, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1985, 02:03 local time
- Place: Manchaca, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1352° N, 97.8364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchaca, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1352&lon=-97.8364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3899C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3899C-2010-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,332 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850626036739I

## Narrative

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

TAIL ROTOR STRUCK UNSEEN BUNDLE OF WIRES WHILE IN HOVER. DAMAGE TO TAIL ROTOR AND MAIN ROTOR.

## Other reports on N3899C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20071006824389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071006824389I), Oct 6, 2007: Bell 206L1 (N3899C), Galveston, TX, Minor damage. On October 6, 2007, at 0801 CST, a Bell BT-206-L1, N3899C, registered to air logistics LLC, lost power during take-off from an off-shore production platform in…

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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