48.2608° N, 121.6072° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Darrington, WA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 2, 1994 · 10:30 local
Place
Darrington, WA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
YLYL
Aircraft
N50330
Reported as
Bell UH1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total150 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.
Narrative: operator performing FAR 133 external load logging operation with 200' long line, hovering a/c lost RPM. Dropped load and auto rotated to clearing with no damage. Operator determined that fuel control unit caused loss of power. Med report 8010-4 will be submitted.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: OPERATOR PERFORMING FAR 133 EXTERNAL LOAD LOGGING OPERATION WITH 200' LONG LINE, HOVERING A/C LOST RPM. DROPPED LOAD AND AUTO ROTATED TO CLEARING WITH NO DAMAGE. OPERATOR DETERMINED THAT FUEL CONTROL UNIT CAUSED LOSS OF POWER. MED REPORT 8010-4 WILL BE SUBMITTED.