# Incident 19901214061619I: Bell 206L1, Long Beach, CA, December 14, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1990, 11:10 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ISHA
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104HC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N104HC-2002-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C28 series (registry code 03022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c28-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901214061619I

## Narrative

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

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

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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