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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B3 · New Iberia, LA · April 6, 1997

Date: April 6, 1997 · 15:40 local
Place: New Iberia, LA
Airport: Acadiana Regional
Phase of flight: Hovering
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2155Z
Reported as: Bell 206B3
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,543 total3,712 in this make and model161 in the last 90 days

N2155ZRegistered now · Bell 206BS/N 3476 · Built 1981 Airframe modelBell 206B Engine modelAllison 250-C20 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on April 6, 1997, at approximately 1540 CST, a Bell helicopter, model BHT-206-biii, N2155Z, operated air logistics on a training flight under title 14 CFR part 91. The pilot in command (PIC), Mr. Dolph aubert todd is a flight instructor for air logistics. While conducting training at the New Iberia, Acadiana airport (ara) the PIC, flying from the left seat, was turning up the volume on the communications radio and inadvertently hit the right collective, causing the helicopter to settle to the ground. The helicopter hit hard on the right skid and the tail stinger causing minor damage to the aircraft. The flight instructor and his student was not injured. The flight instructor was counseled as to the importance of having the collective friction on or to land the helicopter any time that his hand is not on the collective and the helicopter is at a hover.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 6, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1540 CST, A BELL HELICOPTER, MODEL BHT-206-BIII, N2155Z, OPERATED AIR LOGISTICS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), MR. DOLPH AUBERT TODD IS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOR AIR LOGISTICS. WHILE CONDUCTING TRAINING AT THE NEW IBERIA, ACADIANA AIRPORT (ARA) THE PIC, FLYING FROM THE LEFT SEAT, WAS TURNING UP THE VOLUME ON THE COMMUNICATIONS RADIO AND INADVERTENTLY HIT THE RIGHT COLLECTIVE, CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO SETTLE TO THE GROUND. THE HELICOPTER HIT HARD ON THE RIGHT SKID AND THE TAIL STINGER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS COUNSELED AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE COLLECTIVE FRICTION ON OR TO LAND THE HELICOPTER ANY TIME THAT HIS HAND IS NOT ON THE COLLECTIVE AND THE HELICOPTER IS AT A HOVER.