# Incident 19890801043959I: Bell 206B, Hurst, TX, August 1, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1989, 15:05 local time
- Place: Hurst, TX
- Airport: Bell Helicopter Hurst Heliport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8001° N, 97.1670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bell Helicopter Hurst Heliport (0TE2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8001&lon=-97.1670&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162BC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,169 total, 923 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890801043959I

## Narrative

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

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

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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