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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L · Hatfield, KY · August 25, 1985

Date
August 25, 1985 · 11:50 local
Place
Hatfield, KY
Airport
Belfry II
Phase of flight
Idling Rotors
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N18QC
Reported as
Bell 206L
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total2,400 in this make and model90 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.

After landing and during shutdown a coal truck struck rotor blades.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING AND DURING SHUTDOWN A COAL TRUCK STRUCK ROTOR BLADES.