19890422037889I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Albuquerque, NM · April 22, 1989

Date
April 22, 1989 · 18:15 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N16915
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,616 total4,076 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

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.

Hovering near cable. Rotor blast whipped cable. Cable broke and struck aircraft. Made precuationary landing.

As the FAA filed it

HOVERING NEAR CABLE. ROTOR BLAST WHIPPED CABLE. CABLE BROKE AND STRUCK AIRCRAFT. MADE PRECUATIONARY LANDING.

Other reports on N16915 · 1

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