# Incident 19971013034979I: Kansas City, MO, October 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1997, 22:30 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Heliport
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N641KC (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,672 total, 2,336 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971013034979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM THE KCPD HELIPORT DURING INITIAL CLIMBOUT, THE PILOT HEARD AND FELT A "BURP" FROM THE ENGINE AND HE IMMEDIATELY GLANCED AT THE ROTOR/ENGINE TAC GENERATOR AND SAW THE TAC NEEDLES WERE SPLIT. HE STATED THE ROTOR NEEDLE INDICATOR WAS CONTINUING TO DECREASE IN RPM. HE IMMEDIATELY ENTERED INTO AUTOROTATIVE PROCEDURES AND LANDED ON EASTERN STREET JUST SOUTH OF THE HELIPAD. THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE, NO DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. THE HELICOPTER WAS LOADED ON A TRAILER AND TAKEN BACK TO THE KCPD MAINTENANCE FACILITY WHERE THE TAC GENERATOR WAS REPLACED. TYPE OF FLYING - OTHER POLICE PATROL. THIS INCIDENT NUMBER 98CE05005 WAS CLOSED WITH PTRS ENTRY CE059715137.

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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