# Accident 19881016048759A: Bell 206L1, Meriden, CT, October 16, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1988, 01:20 local time
- Place: Meriden, CT
- Airport: Meriden Markham Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FVZA
- Location: 41.5087° N, 72.8295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERIDEN MARKHAM MUNI (MMK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5087&lon=-72.8295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555GC-1988-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,052 total, 128 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881016048759A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT PULLED FUEL BOOST BREAKERS BY MISTAKE. INCORRECT FUEL FLOW SWITCH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC89FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA013), Oct 16, 1988: Bell 206L-1 (N555GC), Wallingford, CT, destroyed

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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