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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206L3 · Grand Isle, LA · August 17, 2000

Date: August 17, 2000 · 09:00 local
Place: Grand Isle, LA
Airport: Exxon Heliport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HEEA
Aircraft: N3116P
Reported as: Bell 206L3
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

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)The pilot experienced limited tail rotor control in flight. The pilot executed a run-on landing without any damage sustained to the aircraft. Subsequent examination revealed that a foreign tail rotor pitch change drive pin had become logded in the pitch control mechanism. privacy data omitted It could not be determined what maintenance activity left the pin in the pitch change shaft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PILOT EXPERIENCED LIMITED TAIL ROTOR CONTROL IN FLIGHT. THE PILOT EXECUTED A RUN-ON LANDING WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT A FOREIGN TAIL ROTOR PITCH CHANGE DRIVE PIN HAD BECOME LOGDED IN THE PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHAT MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY LEFT THE PIN IN THE PITCH CHANGE SHAFT.