# Incident 19801113084289I: Bell 206L1, Lihue, HI, November 13, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1980, 15:45 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 21.9722° N, 159.3560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lihue, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9722&lon=-159.3560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N478KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N478KA-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L (registry code 1181522, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 600 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/19801113084289I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED, PILOT AUTOROTATED TO A SAFE LANDING ON A ROAD. METAL CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT CAME ON.

## Other reports on N478KA (1)

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

- [Accident 19850420077509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850420077509A), Apr 20, 1985: Bell 206L (N478KA), Kailua, HI, Destroyed. Aircraft was forced to land in mauna loa crater during a sightseeing tour. Density altitude a factor.

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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