# Accident 19960129005889A: Bell TH13T, Honiara, BP, January 29, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Honiara, BP
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6569H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6569H-2015-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell TH-13T (registry code 1180813, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-th-13t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL TH13T
- Reported engine: LYC VO435A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 470 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960129005889A

## Narrative

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

ROLLED OVER ATTEMPTING TAKEOFF FROM SHIP HELIPAD. FELL INTO OCEAN INVERTED. SANK. REAR TIEDOWN STRAP NOT REMOVED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX96LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA111), Jan 29, 1996: Bell 47G-2A1 (N6569H), Honiara, Solomon Islands, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot and the ship crew's failure to assure the tie down strap was removed prior to liftoff.

## Other reports on N6569H (1)

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

- [Accident 19950315004129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950315004129A), Mar 15, 1995: Bell TH13T (N6569H), Harmon Field, Guam, Destroyed. On test flight, oil pressure valve failed and oil from engine lost, seized, forced landed, hit hard.

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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