# Accident 19871207083299A: Bell 412, Galveston, TX, December 7, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1987, 13:45 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ALGL
- Location: 29.2370° N, 94.8673° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2370&lon=-94.8673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3910U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3910U-1991-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 412 (registry code 1182202, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 412
- Reported engine: PWA PT6T3B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,806 total, 88 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871207083299A

## Narrative

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

TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX AND ROTORS SEPARATED ON TEST FLIGHT. UNABLE AUTOROTATION. SPUN TO WATER IMPACT. BOLTS FATIGUED.

## 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 FTW88FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA036), Dec 7, 1987: Bell 412 (N3910U), Galveston, TX, destroyed

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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