# Incident 20010729023669I: Bell 206L1, Stgeorge, UT, July 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2001, 10:45 local time
- Place: Stgeorge, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi, Other Helicopter
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PG9A
- Aircraft: N177PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N177PA-2012-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010729023669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WATERED LANDING AREA WITH BAMBI BUCKET PRIOR TO LANDING. PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO POSITION BUCKET & LAND FOR FUEL. UPON LANDING HE NOTICED A MANZANITA BUSH IN VICINITY OF THE TAIL ROTOR. AFTER LANDING HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE FUEL TRUCK. HE THEN RE-POSITIONED THE A/C AND CONTACTED THE BUSH WITH THE TAIL ROTOR.

## Other reports on N177PA (1)

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

- [Accident 20091123022279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091123022279A), Nov 23, 2009: Bell 206L1 (N177PA), Red Butte, AZ, Destroyed. Upon completion of 1.4 hours of FAR part 133 external load training, Bell 206 L-1, N177PA, landed on a level dry dirt surface. The flight controls were…

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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