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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 47G · Hidden Glen, CA · May 10, 1990

Date
May 10, 1990 · 12:00 local
Place
Hidden Glen, CA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N739B
Reported as
Bell 47G
Reported engine
Franklin 6VS335*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total150 in this make and model80 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 lost power. Instructor took control. Autorotated to landing. All usable fuel depeleted.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER. INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL. AUTOROTATED TO LANDING. ALL USABLE FUEL DEPELETED.