# Incident 19970806033309I: Bell 214ST, Rastanura, SA, August 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1997, 06:20 local time
- Place: Rastanura, SA
- Airport: Rastanura
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N746H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N746H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 214ST (registry code 1182106, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-214st) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7 series (registry code 30030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 214ST
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,313 total, 1,068 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970806033309I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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