37.9722° N, 122.0016° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Concord, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 10, 1991 · 16:30 local
Place
Concord, CA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N109CH
Reported as
Bell 204B
Reported engine
Lycoming T53*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total3,000 in this make and model11 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.
Severe vibrations on climb. Precautionary landing in field.
As the FAA filed it
SEVERE VIBRATIONS ON CLIMB. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN FIELD.