# Accident 19880926041809A: Bell 206L1, Fort Worth, TX, September 26, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1988, 18:00 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1069Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1069Q-1993-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880926041809A

## Narrative

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

HIT HARD ON A PRACTICE AUTOROTATION. SPREAD SKIDS,BROKE OFF TAILBOOM. CFI ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO DECAY.UNABLE RECOVER

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N1069Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19851220063209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851220063209A), Dec 20, 1985: Bell 206L1 (N1069Q), Hurst, TX, Substantial damage. Landed hard spreading skids and breaking off tail boom during a touchdown autorotative landing.

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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