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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bell 206L-1 · Farewell, AK · July 14, 1990

Date
July 14, 1990 · 09:00 local
Place
Farewell, AK
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ERCA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N300AH
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC90FA117
Reported as
Bell 206L1
Reported engine
Allison 250C28B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,641 total330 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

First stage turbine wheel fractured due to overtemp. Made hard vertical landing on rocky mountain top.

As the FAA filed it

FIRST STAGE TURBINE WHEEL FRACTURED DUE TO OVERTEMP. MADE HARD VERTICAL LANDING ON ROCKY MOUNTAIN TOP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.