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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47G2 · Oakland, CA · August 12, 1981

Date
August 12, 1981 · 12:10 local
Place
Oakland, CA
Airport
Oakland Metro
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N90485
Reported as
Bell 47G2
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435A1E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,607 total655 in this make and model244 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.

Za zd training flight. Engine failed. Autorotation landing. Found engine oil scavenge pump failed.

As the FAA filed it

ZA ZD TRAINING FLIGHT. ENGINE FAILED. AUTOROTATION LANDING. FOUND ENGINE OIL SCAVENGE PUMP FAILED.