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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 47G-2 · Dallas, TX · February 16, 1990

Date
February 16, 1990 · 20:30 local
Place
Dallas, TX
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N368GR
Reported as
Bell 47G2
Reported engine
Lycoming VO435*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total400 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

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.

Engine quit while practising approach to airport. Pilot auto rotated to a field.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT WHILE PRACTISING APPROACH TO AIRPORT. PILOT AUTO ROTATED TO A FIELD.