# Incident 19990621025849I: Bell 206B, Chicago, IL, June 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1999, 17:10 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N881SP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990621025849I

## Narrative

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

DURING TRAINING/EVALUATIONAL FLIGHT, AUTOROTATIONS WITH POWER RECOVERY WERE CONDUCTED. INCIDENT OF HARD LANDING OCCURRED DURING AUTORATATION WITH POWER RECOVERY WHEN THE PILOT FAILED TO OPEN THROTTLE DURING POWER RECOVERY. DECELERATION WAS COMPLETED TOO HIGH AND COLLECTIVE (INITIAL) DONE OUTSIDE OF NORMAL PARAMETERS CAUSING INSUFFICIENT CUSHION ON GROUND CONTACT RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING.

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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