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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L3 · Bethpage, NY · September 13, 1990

Date
September 13, 1990 · 13:15 local
Place
Bethpage, NY
Airport
Grumman Bethpage Airport
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N606PD
Reported as
Bell 206L3
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,375 total1,000 in this make and model41 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 failure on approach. Made a hard landing. Pilot inadvertently shut the main fuel switch off.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE ON APPROACH. MADE A HARD LANDING. PILOT INADVERTENTLY SHUT THE MAIN FUEL SWITCH OFF.