20141113023729A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell Bill SERIES 6 · Columbus, NC · November 13, 2014

Date
November 13, 2014 · 11:30 local
Place
Columbus, NC
Airport
Wheat Field Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N524MB
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA15LA051
Reported as
Bell Bill Series 6
Reported engine
Continental IO-240 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
158 total

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 admitted to stalling aircraft causing hard landing. Right main landing gear axle and wheel departed aircraft causing aircraft to flip and coming to rest inverted.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ADMITTED TO STALLING AIRCRAFT CAUSING HARD LANDING. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AXLE AND WHEEL DEPARTED AIRCRAFT CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO FLIP AND COMING TO REST INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.