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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Venice, LA · November 17, 1987

Date: November 17, 1987 · 10:45 local
Place: Venice, LA
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: ALGA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N158AL
Reported as: Bell 206B
Reported engine: Allison 250C20
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,359 total2,572 in this make and model158 in the last 90 days

N158ALRegistration cancelled Oct 11, 1996 · Bell 206BS/N 1811 Airframe modelBell 206B

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.

Loud bang at engine start after maintenance. Found NR3 tail rotor drive shaft coupling bolts were loose.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD BANG AT ENGINE START AFTER MAINTENANCE. FOUND NR3 TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT COUPLING BOLTS WERE LOOSE.