# Incident 20021206033429I: Bell 206L1, New Iberia, LA, December 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2002, 10:45 local time
- Place: New Iberia, LA
- Airport: Acadiana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: YTRA
- Location: 30.0378° N, 91.8839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ACADIANA RGNL (ARA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0378&lon=-91.8839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1078C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1078C-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,008 total, 4,404 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021206033429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE PERFORMING COMPANY NEW HIRE TRAINING, INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA O^ STATED AFTER COMPLETING SEVERAL PRACTICE AUTOROTATIONS WITH POWER RECOVERY THE STUDENT WAS STILL HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH TRIM AND FLARE HEIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS PREOCCUPIED IN WATCHING WHAT THE STUDENT WAS DOING AND NEITHER HE NOR THE STUDENT ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AFTER PASSING THROUGH 300 FEET.IT WAS NOT UNTIL PASSING BELOW 100 FEET THAT THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THE THROTTLE WAS NOT ROLLED UP. THE INSTRUCTOR ADVANCED THE THROTTLE, WHILE THE STUDENT BEGAN A VERY HIGH ANGLE FLARE, WHICH BEGAN A SINK RATE. THE INSTRUCTOR PUSHED THE NOSE OVER TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A LANDING CONFIGURATION AND PREPARED TO SLIDE IT ON. WHEN CONTACTING THE GROUND, THE INSTRUCTOR KEPT THE CYCLIC FORWARD AND PUT THE COLLECTIVE DOWN A BIT TOO ABRUPTLY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONED TO THE HELIPORT ON THE AIRPORT WHERE IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE DAMAGE WAS NOTICED THE THE AUZ VERTICAL FINS AND THE BOTTOM OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES.

## Other reports on N1078C (1)

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

- [Accident 20040717021959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040717021959A), Jul 17, 2004: Bell 206L1 (N1078C), Cameron, LA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On July 17, 2004, a Bell, model 206L-1, N1087C, registered to and operated by rotorcraft leasing company, LLC was reported missing south of Cameron,…

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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