# Incident 20030822020929I: Bell 206B, San Diego, CA, August 22, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2003, 10:30 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IVSA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N260RV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N260RV-2008-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030822020929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 22, 2003, MR. ART LAWLER AND MR. JEROME PENDZICK, WERE CONDUCTING EVENTS BASED CURRENCY (EBC) IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAA ORDER 4040.9D IN A BELL BHT-206-B HELICOPTER. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES, MR. LAWLER, WHO WAS ACTING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), RETURNED TO MONTGOMERY FIELD FOR TRAFFIC PATTERN AND OTHER EMERGENCY MANEUVERS PRACTICE. SEVERAL PRACTICE POWER RECOVERY AUTOROTATION MANEUVERS TO A HOVER WERE COMPLETED WHEN MR. LAWLER COMMENCED A FULL DOWN AUTOROTATION (NO POWER RECOVERY) MANEUVER. ACCORDING TO MR. LAWLER AT ABOUT 50 FEET HE BEGAN A FLARE IN ORDER TO TRADE OFF AIRSPEED FOR RATE OF DESCENT. AT 10-15 FEET HE APPLIED INITIAL COLLECTIVE TO SLOW THE DESCENT RATE. THE LANDING INITIALLY OCCURRED ON THE AFT PART OF THE SKIDS AND THE AIRCRAFT ROCKED FORWARD AND THEN AFT. AFTER RECOVERY, MR. LAWLER EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION SPIKE PIN. INSPECTION OF THIS PIN REVEALED NO APPARENT DAMAGE. HOWEVER, FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LANDING CAUSED THE MAIN TRANSMISSION DRIVE SHAFT TO FLEX DOWN FAR ENOUGH TO SCORE THE ISOLATION MOUNT. INSPECTION BY CORPORATE HELICOPTER MAINTENANCE PEOPLE CONFIRMED THIS FINDING.

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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