# Incident 19880824065469I: Bell 47H1, Torrance, CA, August 24, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1988, 08:00 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N996B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N996B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47H-1 (registry code 1181011, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47h-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V4 series (registry code 27033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47H1
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6V4200C32
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 87 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880824065469I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT. AUTOROTATION TO AIRPORT. FOUND PLUG LODGED IN OIL PASSAGE OF THE OIL PUMP. IMPROPER MAINTENANCE.

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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