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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 214B · Mancos, CO · April 11, 1987

Date
April 11, 1987 · 09:00 local
Place
Mancos, CO
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
DYRL
Aircraft
N514RM
Reported as
Bell 214B
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,750 total3,590 in this make and model217 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.

Helicopter settled due to a wind gust while setting a bridge unit on a powerline tower. Tower crewman injured.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER SETTLED DUE TO A WIND GUST WHILE SETTING A BRIDGE UNIT ON A POWERLINE TOWER. TOWER CREWMAN INJURED.

Other reports on N514RM · 1

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