# Accident 19860509016709A: Bolkms BO105S, La Jolla, CA, May 9, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1986, 03:00 local time
- Place: La Jolla, CA
- Airport: Scripps Hospital
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.0371° N, 117.2851° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCRIPPS MEML HOSPITAL (CA82), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0371&lon=-117.2851&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2784N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2784N-1990-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm BO-105S (registry code 5626006, https://openairdocs.org/model/messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm-bo-105s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BO105S
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,353 total, 600 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX86LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860509016709A

## Narrative

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

THE HELICOPTER LOST LONGITUDAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF. THE ACTUATOR SLEEVE RETAINING PLUG HAD TEFLON TAPE ON IT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX86LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA214), May 9, 1986: MBB BO-105S (N2784N), La Jolla, CA, substantial damage

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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