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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Piney Flats, TN · May 30, 2000

Date
May 30, 2000 · 19:30 local
Place
Piney Flats, TN
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3196B
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,950 total200 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) During transition from a hover to a landing, pilot encountered a wind shear. Helicopter settled to the ground on the right skid.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING TRANSITION FROM A HOVER TO A LANDING, PILOT ENCOUNTERED A WIND SHEAR. HELICOPTER SETTLED TO THE GROUND ON THE RIGHT SKID.