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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L-1 · Long Beach, CA · December 14, 1990

Date: December 14, 1990 · 11:10 local
Place: Long Beach, CA
Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: ISHA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N104HC
Reported as: Bell 206L1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total5,000 in this make and model280 in the last 90 days

N104HCRegistration cancelled Nov 7, 2002 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1S/N 45500 Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 Engine modelAllison 250-C28 seriesTurbo-shaft

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.

Helicopter on cart. Oil leak test. Began to spin as pilot tried to become airborne to avoid mechanic. Rolled over.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER ON CART. OIL LEAK TEST. BEGAN TO SPIN AS PILOT TRIED TO BECOME AIRBORNE TO AVOID MECHANIC. ROLLED OVER.