# Incident 19980630025799I: Bell 206B, Honolulu, HI, June 30, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1998, 17:00 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Karawa
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MKHA
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N968YC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N968YC-2017-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 824 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980630025799I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HEARD NOISE ON THE MAIN ROTOR AREA. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, THE PILOT LANDED THE CRAFT ON AN OPEN FIELD. THERE WERE 3 PEOPLE PLUS THE PILOT ON BOARD. NO INJURIES REPORTED. INSPECITON OF THE MAIN ROTOR REVEALED THAT PART OF THE SKIN OF THE MAIN ROTOR COMING LOOSE DUE TO CORROSION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N968YC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20011203034369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011203034369A), Dec 3, 2001: Bell 206B (N968YC), Honolulu, HI, No damage. (-23) On December 3, 2001, at approximately 13:45 Hawaii standard time, N968YC, a Bell 206 B2 helicopter, operated by schuman aviation company, ltd., crashed…

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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