# Incident 20051217029639I: Bell 212, Galveston, TX, December 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2005, 16:54 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EGIA
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5410N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5410N-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 212 (registry code 1181420, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3 (registry code 52102, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6t-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 212
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,524 total, 3,035 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/20051217029639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT A #1 HYDRAULICS FAILURE WAS SIMULATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 700 FEET MSL, 80 KNOTS AND 55% TORQUE WHEN THE #1 HYDRAULICS SYSTEM WAS TURNED OFF. THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT, EVER-INCREASING YAW EXCURSIONS. THE AFCS WAS DISENGAGED, ALL LIGHTS OUT, HOWEVER YAW EXCURSIONS CONTINUED TO INCREASE AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN VIOLENT PITCH EXCURSIONS WITH CORRESPONDING ROLL MOTION. THE #1 HYDRAULICS SYSTEM WAS TURNED BACK ON AND THE PITCHING AND YAWING STARTED TO SLOW DOWN BUT DID NOT STOP. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE PILOT MADE A SLOW TURN TO LINE UP WITH THE RUNWAY AT WHICH POINT THE T/R PEDAL FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS STUCK IN THE LEFT PEDAL POSITION. AT APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET THE HELICOPTER MADE A 360 DEGREE UNCOMMANDED TURN AND PITCHED UP. AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME BACK AROUND THE PILOT CUT POWER TO BOTH ENGINES AND SET IT DOWN HARD. BOTH CROSS TUBES WERE BENT BEYOND THE LIMITATION. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOTS.

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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