# Incident 20111208027509I: Bell OH-58C, Gainesville, FL, December 8, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2011, 16:30 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6516° N, 82.3248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6516&lon=-82.3248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911GV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911GV-2022-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell OH-58C (registry code 1181580, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH-58C
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111208027509I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED HELICOPTER WAS ORBITING AROUND 800 FT WHEN THE ENGINE SPOOLED DOWN. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LANDING IN A DRY RETENTION AREA.  AT 400 FT THE LOW ROTOR RPM LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND HE ELECTED TO PERFORM AN AUTOROTATION.  THE HELICOPTER MAIN ROTOR BLADES IMPACTED OVERHANGING TREE LIMBS.  THE HELICOPTER TOUCHDOWNED AND SKIDDED TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N911GV (1)

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

- [Accident 20190624007929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190624007929A), Jun 24, 2019: Bell OH-58C (N911GV), Gainseville, FL, Substantial damage. On 6/24/19 at approx 1720 hrs a member of the gainesville police department and a civilian instructor took off for an NVG training flight. The training began…

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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