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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 47G-5 · Deblois, ME · May 17, 1981

Date
May 17, 1981 · 07:30 local
Place
Deblois, ME
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Aircraft
N1311X
Reported as
Bell 47G5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,700 total2,800 in this make and model15 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.

Complete power loss during low level operations. Aircraft made autorotation landing. Minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

COMPLETE POWER LOSS DURING LOW LEVEL OPERATIONS. AIRCRAFT MADE AUTOROTATION LANDING. MINOR DAMAGE.