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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206L · Bethel, PA · September 18, 1997

Date: September 18, 1997 · 15:00 local
Place: Bethel, PA
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N173P
Reported as: Bell 206L
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total1,300 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N173PRegistered now · Bell 206L-3S/N 51370 Airframe modelBell 206L-3

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: upon landing, when collective pitch was reduced, the helicopter rocked back on the skids due to rearward slope with back of skids on overhang. The main rotor flexed and made slight contact with wire cutter and made minor mark on one main rotor blade. Pa state police standardization department will follow up, as it is their standard procedure. Submission of this report we will consider this matter closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: UPON LANDING, WHEN COLLECTIVE PITCH WAS REDUCED, THE HELICOPTER ROCKED BACK ON THE SKIDS DUE TO REARWARD SLOPE WITH BACK OF SKIDS ON OVERHANG. THE MAIN ROTOR FLEXED AND MADE SLIGHT CONTACT WITH WIRE CUTTER AND MADE MINOR MARK ON ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE. PA STATE POLICE STANDARDIZATION DEPARTMENT WILL FOLLOW UP, AS IT IS THEIR STANDARD PROCEDURE. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT WE WILL CONSIDER THIS MATTER CLOSED.