# Incident 19881110070249I: Bell 206BELL, Hanson, MA, November 10, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1988, 14:50 local time
- Place: Hanson, MA
- Airport: Cranland Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 42.0251° N, 70.8381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRANLAND (28M), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0251&lon=-70.8381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208EA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206BELL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881110070249I

## Narrative

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

VIBRATION EN ROUTE. AUTOROTATED TO GROUND. TAIL ROTOR HIT BY GUNSHOT. VIBRATION DAMAGED GEAR BOX. POLICE ON CASE.

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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