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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Opana Point, HI · March 19, 1992

Date
March 19, 1992 · 11:38 local
Place
Opana Point, HI
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SSHA
Aircraft
N90209
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total250 in this make and model90 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.

Helicopter experienced an engine flameout due to fuel starvation. Autorotation to field was sucessful.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FLAMEOUT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. AUTOROTATION TO FIELD WAS SUCESSFUL.