# Incident 19970406042869I: Bell 206B3, New Iberia, LA, April 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1997, 15:40 local time
- Place: New Iberia, LA
- Airport: Acadiana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0378° N, 91.8839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ACADIANA RGNL (ARA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0378&lon=-91.8839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2155Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2155Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,543 total, 3,712 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970406042869I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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