# Incident 19860121003479I: Bell 222, Huntington Beac, CA, January 21, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1986, 14:15 local time
- Place: Huntington Beac, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6980° N, 118.0038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6980&lon=-118.0038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23021, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23021-1995-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 222 (registry code 1182122, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 222
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,042 total, 510 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860121003479I

## Narrative

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

HEARD BANG DURING DESCENT AND FOUND RIGHT REAR CABIN WINDOW GONE. STRUCK A PASSENGER AND DENTED THE STABILIZER.

## Other reports on N23021 (1)

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

- [Incident 19830111002499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830111002499I), Jan 11, 1983: Bell 222 (N23021), Houston, TX. Developed rotor control vibrations. Found walking beam fractured at the drive line attach bolt hole.

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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