19831230073379I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Columbia, SC · December 30, 1983

Date: December 30, 1983 · 10:55 local
Place: Columbia, SC
Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N32RC
Reported as: Bell 206B
Reported engine: Allison 250C20B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,640 total1,700 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N32RCRegistration cancelled May 25, 1989 · Bell 206BS/N 2950 · Built 1980 Airframe modelBell 206B Engine modelAllison 250 SER 250HPTurbo-shaft

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 lost power on climbout. Landed in a furrowed field . Vertical stabilizer hit a furrow.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. LANDED IN A FURROWED FIELD . VERTICAL STABILIZER HIT A FURROW.