# Incident 20130424005269I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4, Clearwater, FL, April 24, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2013, 17:30 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Peter O'Knight
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9154° N, 82.4494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETER O KNIGHT (TPF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9154&lon=-82.4494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N610TP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N610TP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4 (registry code 1181455, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-206l-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C30P (registry code 54013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c30p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 206L-4
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C30P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 694 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130424005269I

## Narrative

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

DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT USING THE BELL HELICOPTER INSTRUCTOR PILOT ON BOARD, PILOT EXECUTED A PRECISION AUTO ROTATION WITH A 180 DEGREE TURN TO AN IMPROVED HARD SURFACED RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A HIGH SINK RATE WITH LOW ROTOR RPM AT THE BOTTOM CAUSING INSUFFICIENT ROTOR TO CUSHION THE AIRCRAFT UPON TOUCH DOWN. AIRCRAFT FELL VERTICAL BUT WITH A HIGH FORWARD MOMENTUM CAUSING A GROUND SLIDE OF OVER 150 FEET. DAMAGE TO LANDING SKIDS AND LANDING LIGHT.

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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