37.7750° N, 122.4194° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 21, 1982 · 13:31 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SFAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2018F
Reported as
Bell 206L1
Reported engine
Allison 250C28B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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 quit on takeoff climb. Landed between runways. Turbine wheel failure. Small engine fire.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF CLIMB. LANDED BETWEEN RUNWAYS. TURBINE WHEEL FAILURE. SMALL ENGINE FIRE.