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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350B1 · Stratford, CA · October 9, 1992

Date
October 9, 1992 · 11:25 local
Place
Stratford, CA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N501BL
Reported as
Snias AS350B1
Reported engine
TMECA ARRIEL1B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total1,400 in this make and model150 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.

Strong odor of smoke. Autoration to a field. Engine compartment fire extinguished by pilot and farmhands.

As the FAA filed it

STRONG ODOR OF SMOKE. AUTORATION TO A FIELD. ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE EXTINGUISHED BY PILOT AND FARMHANDS.