# Incident 19820712040889I: Bell 206L1, Oakesdale, WA, July 12, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1982, 13:15 local time
- Place: Oakesdale, WA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1305° N, 117.2464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakesdale, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1305&lon=-117.2464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5746N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,696 total, 133 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820712040889I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LANDED WHEN ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR CAUTION LIGHT CAME  ON. ENGINE OIL HAD EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF METAL PARTICLES.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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