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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Smithtown, NY · July 14, 1984

Date: July 14, 1984 · 13:40 local
Place: Smithtown, NY
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: MTPA
Aircraft: N4FL
Reported as: Bell 206B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total1,400 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N4FLRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 1989 · Bell 206BS/N 1229 Airframe modelBell 206B

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.

Radio communications problem and a faulty fuel indication precipitated an off airport landing in a field.

As the FAA filed it

RADIO COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEM AND A FAULTY FUEL INDICATION PRECIPITATED AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A FIELD.

Other reports on N4FL · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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