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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Thorson Robert M SCORPION 133 · Lemont, IL · February 26, 1988

Date: February 26, 1988 · 11:00 local
Place: Lemont, IL
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N48917
Reported engine: AMTRRW ROTWY152
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 337 total337 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N48917Registration cancelled Jun 12, 2013 · Thorson Robert M SCORPION 133S/N RW2986 · Built 1984 Airframe modelThorson Robert M SCORPION 133 Engine modelRotorway RW-145 seriesReciprocating

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.

Smell of steam in heater duct. Emergency autorotation in a forest preserve. Nose hose to engine block had ruptured.

As the FAA filed it

SMELL OF STEAM IN HEATER DUCT. EMERGENCY AUTOROTATION IN A FOREST PRESERVE. NOSE HOSE TO ENGINE BLOCK HAD RUPTURED.