19881228069369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Tampa, FL · December 28, 1988

Date: December 28, 1988 · 21:30 local
Place: Tampa, FL
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: SNCA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2164Z
Reported as: Bell 206B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,400 total109 in this make and model59 in the last 90 days

N2164ZRegistration cancelled Aug 15, 1990 · Bell 206BS/N 3494 Airframe modelBell 206B

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.

Nose battery compartment door opened and blew off. Fasteners appeared locked when were really not.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE BATTERY COMPARTMENT DOOR OPENED AND BLEW OFF. FASTENERS APPEARED LOCKED WHEN WERE REALLY NOT.

Other reports on N2164Z · 1

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

Accident 19900724060119AUnauth Low Level Opns · Sarasota, FLVeered right flying low and slow over glassy water. Over compensated with left input skid hit water causing crash.Jul 24, 1990 · Substantial damage