# Accident 20130412005679A: Bell OH-58C, Phoenix, AZ, April 12, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2013, 16:12 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6881° N, 112.0825° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6881&lon=-112.0825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N119FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N119FT-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell OH-58C (registry code 1181580, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH-58C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 617 total, 365 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13TA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13TA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130412005679A

## Narrative

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

ON 4-12-2013 @ 1612 LOCAL, MARICOPA SHERIFF (MCSO) PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING AUTO-ROTATIONS WITH MCSO - INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN N119FT A BELL OH-58C AT KDVT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS "SLOW" TO THROTTLE BACK UP AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE GROUND SLIDING FORWARD UNTIL TIPS OF THE SKIDS DUG INTO THE SOFT DIRT. THE SUDDEN FORWARD MOMENTUM ARCHED THE TAIL BOOM UPWARDS AND FLEXED THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES DOWNWARDS, AT THAT POINT THE MAIN BLADES CONTACTED THE TAIL BOOM CHOPPING OFF THE TAIL ROTOR. NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OF TWO. THE HELICOPTER'S FUSELAGE WAS ALSO DAMAGED BY THE IMPACT TO THE GROUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR13TA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13TA198), Apr 12, 2013: Bell OH-58C (N119FT), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction's delay in adding power during a recovery from a practice autorotation.

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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