# Incident 19890910047689I: Bolkms BK117A3, Chapel Hill, NC, September 10, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1989, 12:53 local time
- Place: Chapel Hill, NC
- Airport: Hogan Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DYRA
- Location: 35.9283° N, 79.0401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chapel Hill, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9283&lon=-79.0401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N158BK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N158BK-2013-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter Deutschland MBB BK-117 A4 (registry code 5626035, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-mbb-bk-117-a4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell LTS101-600 SR (registry code 33904, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-lts101-600-sr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BK117A3
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890910047689I

## Narrative

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

CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT ON. LANDED AT DESTINATION. NO CHIPS FOUND IN DETECTOR. RESERVICED DETECTOR.

## Other reports on N158BK (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060118001999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060118001999I), Jan 18, 2006: Bolkms BK117A4 (N158BK), Memphis, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On January 18, 2006, at 2130 EST, a Eurocopter deutschia mbbb bk 117 A4 helicopter, N158BK, operating for rocky mountain helicopters, part 135…

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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