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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L1 · Scottsbluff, NE · August 21, 1981

Date
August 21, 1981 · 20:00 local
Place
Scottsbluff, NE
Airport
Scottsbluff Co
Phase of flight
Aerial Taxi, Other Helicopter
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
ERAA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N517EH
Reported as
Bell 206L1
Reported engine
Allison 250C28
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,602 total53 in this make and model90 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 losing power autorotation landing. Engine problem_unknown. Swash plate support broken PN206010452005.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOSING POWER AUTOROTATION LANDING. ENGINE PROBLEM_UNKNOWN. SWASH PLATE SUPPORT BROKEN PN206010452005.