40.8691° N, 104.2259° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Grover, CO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 4, 1981 · 16:20 local
Place
Grover, CO
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N977S
Reported as
Bell 206B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total200 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.
Engine flame out caused autorotation landing. Maintenance found bad bearings in the starter genererator.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE FLAME OUT CAUSED AUTOROTATION LANDING. MAINTENANCE FOUND BAD BEARINGS IN THE STARTER GENERERATOR.