# Incident 19940721031609I: Bell 206B, El Cajon, CA, July 21, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1994, 16:00 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2750F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,750 total, 350 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940721031609I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 21, 1994, BELL HELICOPTER, MODEL 206, N2750F, PREPARED TO DEPART GILLESPIE AIRPORT (SEE), EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA ON A LOCAL MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TAKE-OFF, WHILE IN TRANSITIONING TO FORWARD FLIGHT, ALL CYCLIC LATERAL CONTROL INPUT WAS LOST, RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING INCIDENT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT FLIGHT, THE CYCLIC LATERAL CONTROL ROD HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SWASH PLATE ASSEMBLY TO ACCESS AND REPAIR AN OIL LEAK. FOLLOWING REPAIR, THE LATERAL CONTROL ROD ATTACHMENT BOLT WAS NOT RE-INSTALLED, AND THIS WAS NOT DISCOVERED DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION. THIS INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION.

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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