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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · E. Parsonfield, ME · April 5, 1985

Date
April 5, 1985
Place
E. Parsonfield, ME
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1078Q
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,525 total604 in this make and model40 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 failure light came on during flight in snow. Safe autorotation. No snow baffles on particle separator.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON DURING FLIGHT IN SNOW. SAFE AUTOROTATION. NO SNOW BAFFLES ON PARTICLE SEPARATOR.