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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Agua Dulce, CA · February 27, 1994

Date
February 27, 1994 · 11:00 local
Place
Agua Dulce, CA
Airport
Agua Dulce Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
HEPA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N50PE
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX94LA139
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,143 total348 in this make and model189 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Autorotation to hover. Skids dug in soft dirt. Nosed down. Rotors chopped off tailboom. Slid 5 ft forward in hover.

As the FAA filed it

AUTOROTATION TO HOVER. SKIDS DUG IN SOFT DIRT. NOSED DOWN. ROTORS CHOPPED OFF TAILBOOM. SLID 5 FT FORWARD IN HOVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.