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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 212 · Newiberia, LA · March 6, 1997

Date: March 6, 1997
Place: Newiberia, LA
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator: EGIL
Aircraft: N16973
Reported as: Bell 212
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

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.

Narrative: on March 3, 1997, during an external load operation, a Bell, model 212, N16973, lost the lid to an empty powder magazine, while in flight. The lid was located on March 4, 1997, by a local land owner. The lid had impacted the land owner's storage shed and made a hole in the shed. There was no injuries to persons or other damage to property.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 3, 1997, DURING AN EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION, A BELL, MODEL 212, N16973, LOST THE LID TO AN EMPTY POWDER MAGAZINE, WHILE IN FLIGHT. THE LID WAS LOCATED ON MARCH 4, 1997, BY A LOCAL LAND OWNER. THE LID HAD IMPACTED THE LAND OWNER'S STORAGE SHED AND MADE A HOLE IN THE SHED. THERE WAS NO INJURIES TO PERSONS OR OTHER DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.