# Incident 19860401023469I: Bell 212, Lafayette, LA, April 1, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1986, 07:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2241&lon=-92.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50094, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50094-1999-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 212 (registry code 1181420, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 212
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,963 total, 7,468 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860401023469I

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTOR VIBRATION DURING APPROACH. FOUND CONTROL LINKAGE UNCONNECTED. MECHANIC FAILED TO REINSTALL A BOLT.

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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