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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · West Cameron, LA · December 15, 1987

Date
December 15, 1987 · 11:00 local
Place
West Cameron, LA
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
IIFA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
214TO
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,335 total3,035 in this make and model35 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.

Tail rotor struck a meter tank adjacent to the helipad while landing.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL ROTOR STRUCK A METER TANK ADJACENT TO THE HELIPAD WHILE LANDING.