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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L3 · Malituck, NY · May 16, 1994

Date
May 16, 1994 · 15:15 local
Place
Malituck, NY
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
NYEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N515KA
Reported as
Bell 206L3
Reported engine
Allison 250C30P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total6,000 in this make and model20 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.

Auxiliary fine and main rotor blade damage found after a flight. Probable cause was upslope landing. Rotor flexed.

As the FAA filed it

AUXILIARY FINE AND MAIN ROTOR BLADE DAMAGE FOUND AFTER A FLIGHT. PROBABLE CAUSE WAS UPSLOPE LANDING.ROTOR FLEXED.