# Accident 19880818035359A: Bell 206B, Houston, TX, August 18, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1988, 11:40 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Heliport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8193° N, 95.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Houston Heliport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8193&lon=-95.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16962, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16962-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,780 total, 1,371 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880818035359A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE OVERTEMPED AND FAILED ON A TEST FLIGHT. MADE HARD AUTOROTATION LANDING.

## 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 FTW88LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA153), Aug 18, 1988: Bell 206B (N16962), Pearland, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N16962 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20021115032209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021115032209A), Nov 15, 2002: Bell 206B (N16962), Kingman, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On November 15, 2002 at approx 1630 MST, a BHT-206B helicopter, N16962, s/n 2362 had in-flight collision with a power line and was destroyed upon…
- [Accident 19910714062359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910714062359A), Jul 14, 1991: Bell 206B (N16962), Freeport, TX, Substantial damage. Boost pump lights came on. Lost power on autorotation landing. Hard landing fuel pumps burned out. Lacked fuel.

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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