19931021040359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 412 · Hurst, TX · October 21, 1993

Date
October 21, 1993 · 14:10 local
Place
Hurst, TX
Airport
Bell Helicopter Hurst Heliport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3102V
Reported as
Bell 412
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total300 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

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.

Left engine cowl door assembly departed aircraft in flight. Landed safely. Unable to find door to determine cause.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE COWL DOOR ASSEMBLY DEPARTED AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT. LANDED SAFELY.UNABLE TO FIND DOOR TO DETERMINE CAUSE.