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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206L1 · Bellaire, TX · September 12, 1985

Date
September 12, 1985 · 15:00 local
Place
Bellaire, TX
Airport
Pin Oak
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5756D
Reported as
Bell 206L1
Reported engine
Allison 250C28
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,165 total900 in this make and model30 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 decelerated to idle power during approach. Safe autorotation. Pressure line on fuel control loose.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE DECELERATED TO IDLE POWER DURING APPROACH. SAFE AUTOROTATION. PRESSURE LINE ON FUEL CONTROL LOOSE.