# Incident 19900401025179I: Bell 206B, Lamesa, CA, April 1, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1990, 08:24 local time
- Place: Lamesa, CA
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7713° N, 117.0161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Mesa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7713&lon=-117.0161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N206BH-2026-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20 (registry code 54178, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900401025179I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE OVERTEMP AND POWER LOSS. AUTORATATED TO PARKING LOT. BLADE ON NR3 COMPRESSOR BROKE OFF.

## Other reports on N206BH (1)

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

- [Incident 19790524027499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790524027499I), May 24, 1979: Bell 206B (N206BH), Baileysville, WV, Minor damage. Helicopter struck power lines, then landed in river.

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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