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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 412 · Fort Worth, TX · September 14, 2009

Date: September 14, 2009 · 16:00 local
Place: Fort Worth, TX
Airport: Fort Worth Meacham International
Phase of flight: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N911BE
Reported as: Bell 412
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total1,700 in this make and model80 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.

Pilot privacy data omitted stated he was flying an instrument approach into ftw Meacham field in a Bell 412, N911BE helicopter. Approximately 20 miles out, the side passenger entrance door came open and departed the helicopter, causing skin damage to the exterior to the helicopter. Door had not been reported found by anyone, as of September 30, 2009. Pilot stated his company, med trans was delivering this helicopter to Texas aviation center at Meacham airport, as it was sold.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS FLYING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH INTO FTW MEACHAM FIELD IN A BELL 412, N911BE HELICOPTER. APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES OUT, THE SIDE PASSENGER ENTRANCE DOOR CAME OPEN AND DEPARTED THE HELICOPTER, CAUSING SKIN DAMAGE TO THE EXTERIOR TO THE HELICOPTER. DOOR HAD NOT BEEN REPORTED FOUND BY ANYONE, AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2009. PILOT STATED HIS COMPANY, MED TRANS WAS DELIVERING THIS HELICOPTER TO TEXAS AVIATION CENTER AT MEACHAM AIRPORT, AS IT WAS SOLD.