# Incident 19900906038789I: Bell UH1E, Windham, ME, September 6, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1990, 14:10 local time
- Place: Windham, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7980° N, 70.4055° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Windham, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7980&lon=-70.4055&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9770N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9770N-1993-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell UH-1L (registry code 1181401, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH1E
- Reported engine: LYC T5313A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900906038789I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE INFLIGHT. EMERGENCY AUTOROTATION INTO A LIGHTLY WOODED AREA.

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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