# Incident 19901011059889I: Bell 212, Houston, TX, October 11, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1990, 09:50 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49673 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 212
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901011059889I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT WHEN CABLE WAS LOWERED ON AN EXTERNAL LOAD. MAIN ROTOR HIT TREE.

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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