# Incident 19940817021639I: Bell 47D1, Palm Harbor, FL, August 17, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1994, 21:45 local time
- Place: Palm Harbor, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0848° N, 82.7580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Harbor, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0848&lon=-82.7580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N339MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N339MC-1996-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 47D1 (registry code 1180802, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-47d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47D1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 275 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940817021639I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ROUGH ENGINE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDED. STRUCK POWER LINE ON APPROACH.

## Other reports on N339MC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910526017319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910526017319A), May 26, 1991: Bell 47D1 (N339MC), Sun, LA, Substantial damage. Reported power failure on climbout. Autorotated to hard landing. No engine problems found.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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