# Incident 19901209064369I: Bell 206L1, Cape Girardeau, MO, December 9, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1990, 13:50 local time
- Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
- Airport: St Francis Hospital Heliport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EVCA
- Location: 37.3094° N, 89.5584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cape Girardeau, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3094&lon=-89.5584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5753T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,308 total, 213 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901209064369I

## Narrative

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

HEARD NOISE AFTER TAKEOFF. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. RIGHT ENGINE COWLING DOOR HAD SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT.

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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