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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206B · Colorado City, AZ · August 30, 1982

Date
August 30, 1982 · 12:07 local
Place
Colorado City, AZ
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2296Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82DA324
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,970 total675 in this make and model190 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 during autorotation demo. Pilot failed to note RPM decay. Resulted in hard forced landing.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DURING AUTOROTATION DEMO. PILOT FAILED TO NOTE RPM DECAY. RESULTED IN HARD FORCED LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.