# Incident 19890905047509I: Boeing 42A, Albuquerque, NM, September 5, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1989, 08:30 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70881, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70881-1989-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vertol 42A (registry code 9420102, https://openairdocs.org/model/vertol-42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 42A
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R1820103
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 65 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890905047509I

## Narrative

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

INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. MADE EMERGENCY AUTOROTATION TO HIGHWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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