N33PW
Bell 206B · built 1977
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- August 12, 1987Accident
WHILE CRUISING AT 900' AGL, THE PLT NOTED A HVY SHUDDER FLWD BY A GRINDING NOISE, LOUD 'BANG' & A LOW ROTOR RPM SIGNAL. HE MADE AN AUTOROTATION TO A ROAD, BUT DRG TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES FLEXED DWN & SEVERED THE TAIL BOOM. AN EXAM REVEALED THE MAIN PWR (SHORT) SHAFT HAD FAILED DUE TO MISALIGNMENT & HI TEMPS RESULTING FROM THE MISALIGNMENT.