# NTSB FTW86FPA10: Bell BH206L-1, N1069Q, Hurst, TX, December 20, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: December 20, 1985, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Hurst, TX
- Coordinates: 32.829025, -97.169563 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8290&lon=-97.1696&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21924
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86FPA10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21924/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FPA10

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command(cfi)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

THE INSTRUCTOR PLT WAS DEMONSTRATING AN AUTOROTATION FROM THE 'TOP OF THE HEIGHT-VELOCITY' CURVE. THE CFI ZEROED THE AIRSPEED AND ENTERED THE AUTOROTATION AT AN ALT OF APRX 400 FT AGL. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD, SPREADING THE SKIDS, SEVERING THE TAIL BOOM AND DAMAGING THE ROTOR BLADES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1069Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1069Q-1993-12-15), registration cancelled 1993-12-15, S/N 45341 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL BH206L-1
- Registry model: [Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (registry code 1182107) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 45341
- Airframe hours: 2347
- Engines: ALLISON 250-C23 317 horsepower turbo shaft
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Bell Helicopter Textron
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 1, 1985, 35 hours before
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: East Bell Practice, runway 35, 2,000 × 75 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; flight instructor, commercial; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 9,683 total, 6,556 in this make and model, 9,458 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851220063209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851220063209A), Dec 20, 1985: Bell 206L1, Hurst, TX, Substantial damage. Landed hard spreading skids and breaking off tail boom during a touchdown autorotative landing.

## Other investigations on N1069Q (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 FTW88DPA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DPA10), Sep 25, 1988: Bell 206L-1 (N1069Q), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage

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.

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