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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Hurst, TX · August 1, 1989

Date
August 1, 1989 · 15:05 local
Place
Hurst, TX
Airport
Bell Helicopter Hurst Heliport
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N162BC
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,169 total923 in this make and model128 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.

On training flight pilot chopped throttle and high sink rate developed. Made hard landing. Minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON TRAINING FLIGHT PILOT CHOPPED THROTTLE AND HIGH SINK RATE DEVELOPED. MADE HARD LANDING. MINOR DAMAGE.