# Accident 19920820032489A: Bell XV15, Arlington, TX, August 20, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1992, 11:03 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6639° N, 97.0943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (GKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6639&lon=-97.0943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702NA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N702NA-2011-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 301 (registry code 1182109, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming LTC4B-8D (registry code 41556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ltc4b-8d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL XV15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW92FA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92FA215) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920820032489A

## Narrative

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

LEFT COLLECTIVE PITCH ACTUATOR BOLT FELL OUT. PILOTS LOST CONTROL XV15 ROLLED RIGHT PROPROTOR HIT. XV15 INVERTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW92FA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92FA215), Aug 20, 1992: Bell XV-15 301 (N702NA), Arlington, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION WHICH RESULTED IN A DISCONNECTED PROPROTOR GOVERNOR LINKAGE.

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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