26.5866° N, 81.8632° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
April 29, 1997 · 19:00 local
Place
Ft Myers, FL
Airport
Page Field
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N102JA
Reported as
Hiller UH12C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
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: mechanic reported a valve failed in one of the cylinders continued operation would have resulted in complete engine failure.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: MECHANIC REPORTED A VALVE FAILED IN ONE OF THE CYLINDERS CONTINUED OPERATION WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE.