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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell UH-1B · Turlock, CA · April 12, 1986

Date: April 12, 1986 · 10:00 local
Place: Turlock, CA
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3979C
Reported as: Bell UH1B
Reported engine: Lycoming T53L11D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 28,000 total5,500 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N3979CRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Bell UH-1BS/N 62-2048 · Built 1962 Airframe modelBell UH-1B Engine modelLycoming T-53 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Following spray run aircraft lost RPM. Damage to cross tube and rotor. Hot section had failed.

As the FAA filed it

FOLLOWING SPRAY RUN AIRCRAFT LOST RPM. DAMAGE TO CROSS TUBE AND ROTOR. HOT SECTION HAD FAILED.

Other reports on N3979C · 1

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

Accident 19930923036609APrw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft · Pierce, ID90 Degree gear box separated from helicopter. Landed hard during run on landing. Chopped tail. Attach bolts broke.Sep 23, 1993 · Substantial damage