38.6827° N, 120.8477° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of El Dorado, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 25, 2001 · 08:30 local
Place
Eldorado, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
H9XL
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N214HM
Reported as
Bell 214*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,702 total980 in this make and model181 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) Shortly after takeoff the bucket and cable started to swing from right to left and for some reason the bucket and cable got over the top and wrapped around the tail boom. The tail boom had very minor damage and no injuries to the flight crew.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE BUCKET AND CABLE STARTED TO SWING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT AND FOR SOME REASON THE BUCKET AND CABLE GOT OVER THE TOP AND WRAPPED AROUND THE TAIL BOOM. THE TAIL BOOM HAD VERY MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE FLIGHT CREW.