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Incident

FAA incident report · Bolkms BO105CBS · Intracoastal Ci, LA · April 4, 1995

Date: April 4, 1995 · 08:08 local
Place: Intracoastal Ci, LA
Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HEEA
Aircraft: N5418A
Reported as: Bolkms BO105CBS
Reported engine: Allison 250C20B
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,336 total2,245 in this make and model143 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: on final approach, when power was applied to terminate the approach, the no.2 engine of aircraft N5418A stopped at 55 percent torque. The no.1 engine continued to advance. The pilot attempted to beep the no.2 engine up, but the no.1 engine came down to 55 percent torque instead. The rotor RPM dropped out of the "green", but the landing was completed uneventfully with no damage to the aircraft or injury to the occupant. Further investigation revealed fuel contamination caused this incident and the incidents reported inprivacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON FINAL APPROACH, WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED TO TERMINATE THE APPROACH, THE NO.2 ENGINE OF AIRCRAFT N5418A STOPPED AT 55 PERCENT TORQUE. THE NO.1 ENGINE CONTINUED TO ADVANCE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO BEEP THE NO.2 ENGINE UP, BUT THE NO.1 ENGINE CAME DOWN TO 55 PERCENT TORQUE INSTEAD. THE ROTOR RPM DROPPED OUT OF THE "GREEN", BUT THE LANDING WAS COMPLETED UNEVENTFULLY WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO THE OCCUPANT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED FUEL CONTAMINATION CAUSED THIS INCIDENT AND THE INCIDENTS REPORTED IN^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^