33.7711° N, 84.2958° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Decatur, GA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 18, 1991 · 07:42 local
Place
Decatur, GA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N91121
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total300 in this make and model300 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.
Lost rotor RPM in flight. Emergency landing. Found rotor tach generator had failed.
As the FAA filed it
LOST ROTOR RPM IN FLIGHT. EMERGENCY LANDING. FOUND ROTOR TACH GENERATOR HAD FAILED.