# Incident 19860527026129I: Bell 206B, Long Beach, CA, May 27, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1986, 13:00 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N909CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N909CM-1997-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 310 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860527026129I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING SIMULATED HYDRAULIC FAILURE THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED. LOW ROTOR HORN SOUNDED. LANDED ON A GOLF COURSE.

## Other reports on N909CM (1)

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

- [Accident 19960921031379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960921031379A), Sep 21, 1996: Bell 206B (N909CM), Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. Traffic watch flight returning. Lost tailrotor effect in hover pedal turn to downwind. Landed hard. Rolled over.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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