# Incident 19870411033419I: Bell 214B, Mancos, CO, April 11, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1987, 09:00 local time
- Place: Mancos, CO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: DYRL
- Location: 37.3466° N, 108.2938° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mancos, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3466&lon=-108.2938&mi=10
- Aircraft: N514RM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N514RM-1994-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 214B (registry code 1182100, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-214b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 214B
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,750 total, 3,590 in this make and model, 217 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870411033419I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19881104049589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881104049589A), Nov 4, 1988: Bell 214B1 (N514RM), Ketchikan, AK, Substantial damage. Main rotor blade delaminated while in a hover with a long line attached. Was able to make a safe landing.

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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