# Incident 20001024018399I: Bell OH58A, New Bern, NC, October 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2000, 04:45 local time
- Place: New Bern, NC
- Airport: Craven County Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0927° N, 77.0718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bern, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0927&lon=-77.0718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N309HP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH58A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001024018399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N309HP WAS  ENROUTE TO BEAUFORT, NC AT 3000' MSL. WHILE PASSING OVER SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE AT APPROXIMATELY 0520 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED SLIGHT UNCOMMANDED YAW INPUTS AND TORQUE FLUCTUATIONS. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO NEW BERN, NC. POWER WAS REDUCED DURING THE APPROACH PHASE, AT APPROXIMATELY 30' AGL, THE LOW ROTOR LIGHT AND HORN CAME ON. AT APPROXIMATELY 10' AGL THE ROTOR SYSTEM LOST LIFT AND THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED TO THE GROUND, BOUNCED ONCE AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 100' TO A STOP.

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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