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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Prospectville, PA · January 19, 1980

Date
January 19, 1980 · 17:00 local
Place
Prospectville, PA
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N49737
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,200 total3,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Blade failure 3rd stage turbine wheel caused heavy vibration. Pilot made emergency landing in cornfield.

As the FAA filed it

BLADE FAILURE 3RD STAGE TURBINE WHEEL CAUSED HEAVY VIBRATION. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN CORNFIELD.

Other reports on N49737 · 1

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