# Incident 19941124043039I: Bell 206B, Whitetop, VA, November 24, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1994, 11:30 local time
- Place: Whitetop, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 36.6015° N, 81.6257° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitetop, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6015&lon=-81.6257&mi=10
- Aircraft: N454MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N454MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20B (registry code 03081, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941124043039I

## Narrative

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

LOST TAIL ROTOR POWER DURING SLING LOAD OPS. HARD LANDING BENT SKID SUPPORT. ONE OF 4 TR THOMAS COUPLING BOLTS LOST

## Other reports on N454MS (1)

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

- [Accident 20190727023029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190727023029A), Jul 27, 2019: Bell 206B (N454MS), Dresden, TN, Destroyed. On July 27, 2019 at 1721 local time, the pilot was flying under part 137 commercial aerial spraying operations for couch helicopter service inc. aircraft…

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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