19890417008279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 47D1 · Miami, FL · April 17, 1989

Date
April 17, 1989 · 10:00 local
Place
Miami, FL
Phase of flight
To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N342L
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA89LA133
Reported as
Bell 47D1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total

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.

Landed in prison yard, picked up prisoner but hit a fence on takeoff. Pilot,not rated in helicopters,was arrested.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN PRISON YARD, PICKED UP PRISONER BUT HIT A FENCE ON TAKEOFF. PILOT,NOT RATED IN HELICOPTERS,WAS ARRESTED.

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 N342L · 1

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