# Incident 20020614017019I: Bell 206L3, Fairbanks, AK, June 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2002, 19:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Metro Fld Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EOPA
- Location: 64.8068° N, 147.7624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at METRO FLD (MTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8068&lon=-147.7624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360AL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020614017019I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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