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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 214ST · Rastanura, SA · August 6, 1997

Date: August 6, 1997 · 06:20 local
Place: Rastanura, SA
Airport: Rastanura
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N746H
Reported as: Bell 214ST
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,313 total1,068 in this make and model127 in the last 90 days

N746HRegistered now · Bell 214STS/N 28200 · Built 1991 Airframe modelBell 214ST Engine modelGE CT7 seriesTurbo-shaft

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: aramco filed the following statement. Captain jim bob pickrell, after departing ras tanura and leveling off at 500 feet, became erratic. The first officer challenged his actions and then assumed command of the aircraft returning to ras tanura. The captain was removed from the aircraft and taken to the clinic. They then transported him to the dhahran hospital. He has been diagnosed to have had a stroke and is being treated.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ARAMCO FILED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT. CAPTAIN JIM BOB PICKRELL, AFTER DEPARTING RAS TANURA AND LEVELING OFF AT 500 FEET, BECAME ERRATIC. THE FIRST OFFICER CHALLENGED HIS ACTIONS AND THEN ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT RETURNING TO RAS TANURA. THE CAPTAIN WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND TAKEN TO THE CLINIC. THEY THEN TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE DHAHRAN HOSPITAL. HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED TO HAVE HAD A STROKE AND IS BEING TREATED.