# Accident 19930219002899A: Bell 214B1, Ketchikan, AK, February 19, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1993, 13:40 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: EEYL
- Location: 55.6105° N, 131.5798° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.6105&lon=-131.5798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N114CR-2013-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 214B (registry code 1182100, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-214b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming T-55 SER TS (registry code 41555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t-55-ser-ts) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 214B1
- Reported engine: LYC T5508D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 16,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC93FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930219002899A

## Narrative

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

HOVERING WITH LOGS ON LONG LINE. LOST CONTROL. LOG LOAD NOT RELEASED. CRASHED. ROTOR CYLIC HYDRAULIC SERVO FAILED.

## 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 ANC93FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93FA033), Feb 19, 1993: Bell 214B1 (N114CR), Ketchikan, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE OF THE HYDRAULIC SERVO ACTUATOR WHICH LED TO THE FATIGUE FAILURE AND LOSS OF FLIGHT CONTROL. IN ADDITION, THE FLIGHTCREW DID NOT, OR WAS UNABLE TO, JETTISON THE EXTERNAL LOAD.…

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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