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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206L-1 · High Island, TX · March 21, 1980

Date: March 21, 1980 · 09:30 local
Place: High Island, TX
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft: N1070D
Reported as: Bell 206L1
Reported engine: Allison 250C28B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1070DRegistration cancelled Jan 5, 1989 · Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1S/N 45309 Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron 206L-1

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.

Chips light came on followed by complete engine falure. Successful autorotation to water.

As the FAA filed it

CHIPS LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE ENGINE FALURE. SUCCESSFUL AUTOROTATION TO WATER.

Other reports on N1070D · 2

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

Accident 19820529020049APwr Off Run Land (Autorotation · High Island, TXEngine quit on preparing to land on oil platform. Autorotated to water. Waves demolished chopper. Failed turbine.May 29, 1982 · Destroyed Incident 19791111053919IOther Ground Ops · Pearland, TXWhen pilot initiated hover he turned tail rotor of his aircraft into main rotor of a stationary helicopter.Nov 11, 1979 · Minor damage