48.0852° N, 118.7164° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Keller, WA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 11, 1990 · 17:46 local
Place
Keller, WA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CGKQH
Reported as
Bell 204B
Reported engine
Lycoming T5311A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
6,682 total1,900 in this make and model182 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.
Over gross lost power. Sling load not released. Crashed in trees. Overtemp caused turbine disc stress ruptures.
As the FAA filed it
OVER GROSS LOST POWER. SLING LOAD NOT RELEASED. CRASHED IN TREES. OVERTEMP CAUSED TURBINE DISC STRESS RUPTURES.