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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Jackson, WY · October 27, 1991

Date
October 27, 1991 · 11:50 local
Place
Jackson, WY
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
KXZA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N123KH
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,442 total5,800 in this make and model146 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 failed on search and rescue mission. Low clouds and snow. Autorotated to hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED ON SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION. LOW CLOUDS AND SNOW. AUTOROTATED TO HARD LANDING.