# Incident 19791119044819I: Bell 206B, Tempe, AZ, November 19, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Tempe, AZ
- Airport: Cross Cut
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.4417° N, 111.9501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS CUT (AZ59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4417&lon=-111.9501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99MC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,300 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791119044819I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT WITHOUT WARNING. CHIP LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE OUT AND HORN NEXT. NUMBER 1 COMPRESSOR BEARING FAILED.

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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