64.8068° N, 147.7624° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at METRO FLD (MTF), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 14, 2002 · 19:15 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
Metro Fld Airport
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EOPA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N360AL
Reported as
Bell 206L3
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total600 in this make and model120 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) While conducting practice autorotations rotor RPM was allowed to drop below the operating limits. When aircraft contacted the ground the blade flexed down and one blade contacted the vertical finlett on the horizontal stabilizer causing damage to the blade trim tab.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING PRACTICE AUTOROTATIONS ROTOR RPM WAS ALLOWED TO DROP BELOW THE OPERATING LIMITS. WHEN AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND THE BLADE FLEXED DOWN AND ONE BLADE CONTACTED THE VERTICAL FINLETT ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BLADE TRIM TAB.