19871224080859I

Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206L · St Louis, MO · December 24, 1987

Date
December 24, 1987 · 16:20 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
University Hospital Heliport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DFMA
Aircraft
N1075P
Reported as
Bell 206L
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,900 total1,400 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.

Developed windscreen fogging. Unable to clear. Made a precautionary landing. Faulty defogger.

As the FAA filed it

DEVELOPED WINDSCREEN FOGGING. UNABLE TO CLEAR. MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. FAULTY DEFOGGER.