# Incident 20160916018639I: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, Potosi, MO, September 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2016, 02:45 local time
- Place: Potosi, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 37.9337° N, 90.7750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Potosi, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9337&lon=-90.7750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON 206L-1
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250 SER 400HP
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,010 total, 67 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160916018639I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 AT 02:45 AM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, N59AE, A BHT-206L-1+ HELICOPTER, HAD JUST EXECUTED AN  APPROACH TO THE LANDING PAD FROM THE NORTH, LANDING SOUTH, AND WAS IN A HOVER APPROXIMATELY 3-4 FEET OFF THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS EXECUTING A LEFT PEDAL TURN TO LINE UP WITH THE HANGER DOOR WHEN THE HELICOPTER SUDDENLY DROPPED, IMPACTED THE GROUND, BOUNCED, YAWED TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT ON THE LANDING GEAR SKIDS. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY SHUT DOWN.  THE LANDING GEAR SKIDS WERE SPREAD OUTWARD AND THE LANDING LIGHT HAD BROKEN FROM CONTACT WITH THE GROUND . THE PILOT AND BOTH PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N59AE (1)

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

- [Incident 20200830016239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200830016239I), Aug 30, 2020: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (N59AE), Claremore, OK, No damage. On August 30, 2020 at approximately 1700 CST, N59AE, a BHT-206-L1+, S/n 45291, located at [privacy data omitted] base AE-029 in Claremore, Oklahoma experienced…

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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