# Incident 19940729019739I: Bell 206B3, Abbeville, LA, July 29, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1994, 18:00 local time
- Place: Abbeville, LA
- Airport: Abbeville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9754° N, 92.1272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abbeville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9754&lon=-92.1272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57536, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57536-1999-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940729019739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: A BELL 206-B3, N57536, AIRCRAFT, PILOTED BY MR. WILLIAM HAAREN, AN EMPLOYEE OF GRASSO PRODUCTION, INC., HAD A HARD LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. MR. HAAREN STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEVELOPED A VIBRATION EARLIER AND HE DECIDED TO FLY HIS FLIGHT, THE VIBRATION BECAME WORSE AND HE ELECTED TO LAND. THE SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING CAUSED THE MAIN ROTOR TO FLEX DOWN AND STRIKE THE AIRCRAFT TAIL BOOM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY IN NEW IBERIA WHERE NOTHING COULD BE FOUND WRONG WITH THE ENGINE, ROTOR SYSTEM, OR DRIVE TRAIN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N57536 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19950717049079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950717049079A), Jul 17, 1995: Bell 206B (N57536), Gulfofmexico, LA, Substantial damage. (-16) Tail rotor drive shaft failed due to the loss of a bolt and associated hardware that secures the shaft to a drive coupling. The bolt, washers, and nut…

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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