# Accident 20130510007049A: Bell 206-L4, Ft Worth, TX, May 10, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2013, 10:00 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Alliance
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FW8S
- Location: 32.9875° N, 97.3186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9875&lon=-97.3186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2036F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2036F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206-L4 (registry code 1182110, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206-l4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C30 series (registry code 03015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206-L4
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C30 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 40 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA276) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130510007049A

## Narrative

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

BELL HELICOPTER COMPANY INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND CUSTOMER PILOT CONDUCTING 180 DEGREE AUTOROTATION TOUCHDOWN TRAINING. CUSTOMER ON THE CONTROLS ALLOWED AIRSPEED TO DECREASE DURING DESCENT, FLARE AND TOUCHDOWN.  INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE AIRCRAFT AIRSPEED WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PRESERVE ROTOR RPM BY GUARDING COLLECTIVE.  AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH LOW ROTOR RPM AND SLOW AIRSPEED.  BOTH PILOTS AGREED THAT THE LANDING WAS FIRM ALTHOUGH NOT UNUSUALLY HARD AND CONTINUED TRAINING.  ON POST SHUTDOWN WALK AROUND, MODERATE TAILBOOM DAMAGE "OIL CANNING" WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN INCHES AFT OF TAILBOOM MOUNTING POINT.

## 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 CEN13CA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA276), May 10, 2013: Bell 206-L4 (N2036F), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate supervision and delayed remedial action during a practice autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N2036F (1)

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

- [Accident 20221207022479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221207022479A), Dec 7, 2022: Bell 206-L4 (N2036F), Hurst, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot entered autorotation in a Bell 206L4 [privacy data omitted] at 1200 feet and maintained a normal glide and flair. A banging noise was herd comming from…

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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