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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell TH13T · Walterboro, SC · July 12, 1988

Date
July 12, 1988 · 07:30 local
Place
Walterboro, SC
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N465JR
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88FA213
Reported as
Bell TH13T
Reported engine
Lycoming T5313B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,334 total3,900 in this make and model212 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Vibration on sling load dropped load spin right to crash. Tail rotor gear box failed.

As the FAA filed it

VIBRATION ON SLING LOAD DROPPED LOAD SPIN RIGHT TO CRASH. TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX FAILED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N465JR · 1

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