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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · East Haven, VT · May 26, 1990

Date: May 26, 1990 · 13:30 local
Place: East Haven, VT
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N444JB
Reported as: Bell 206B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,000 total10,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N444JBRegistered now · Bell OH-58AS/N 71-20362 · Built 1971 Airframe modelBell OH-58A Engine modelAllison 250-C20 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On external load operation. Entered drop zone. Elected to go around. Rotor blades hit roof of building.

As the FAA filed it

ON EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION. ENTERED DROP ZONE. ELECTED TO GO AROUND. ROTOR BLADES HIT ROOF OF BUILDING.

Other reports on N444JB · 2

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

Accident 20020914024429ARochester, MA(-23) Pilot fatal when N444JB, OH-58A piloted by george norman clairmont, engaged in agricultural FAR 133 external load operations crashed while lifting containers of cranberries. A mast bumping situation occurred due to the unloading of the rotor system at…Sep 14, 2002 · Destroyed · 1 fatal Accident 19960701015689ASouth Carver, MAOn aerial application load became imbalanced. Lost control, made uncontrollabel right turn. Crashed in a pond. (-23) during aerial application of fertilizer, pilot lost directional control and an uncontrollable right turn was entered. Aircraft crashed into a…Jul 1, 1996 · Reported as Bell 206B · Substantial damage