- Date
- August 15, 1981
- Place
- Mesquite, TX · MESQUITE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3887WBell 206L-1
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810815053129A
- Case key
- 123935
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2554 81/8/15 MESQUITE,TX BELL 206L-1 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0941 N3887W PX- 0 0 2 DEMONSTRATION 29, 3156 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1725 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MESQUITE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - AIR BLEED: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNDER TORQUED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- B-NUT LOOSE ON PR LN AT ENG BLEED VLV.W B-NUT LOOSE,VLV WOULD RMN FULL OPEN,MAX PWR APRX 285 SHP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3887W
- Reported as
- Bell 206L-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Memorial Hospital
N3887WRegistration cancelled Oct 25, 2006 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1Engine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.