35.0034° N, 106.0444° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Moriarty, NM, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 22, 1996 · 09:45 local
Place
Moriarty, NM
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
XAGLR
Reported as
Bell 206B3
Reported engine
Allison 250B*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,900 total2,500 in this make and model75 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.
Forced autorotation en route. Main rotors damaged tailboom landing.
As the FAA filed it
FORCED AUTOROTATION EN ROUTE. MAIN ROTORS DAMAGED TAILBOOM LANDING.