33.9388° N, 81.1195° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA METRO (CAE), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
April 8, 1985 · 14:30 local
Place
West Columbia, SC
Airport
Columbia Metro
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N27780
Reported as
Bell 206B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total1,584 in this make and model41 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.
Loss of main transmissin oil pressure. Landed in field. Found oil line to pressure gauge leaking.
As the FAA filed it
LOSS OF MAIN TRANSMISSIN OIL PRESSURE. LANDED IN FIELD. FOUND OIL LINE TO PRESSURE GAUGE LEAKING.