# Incident 19971110038269I: Bell 206B3, Burbank, CA, November 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1997, 10:16 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airp
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25AJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25AJ-2012-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B3
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971110038269I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 11-10-97 AT 1016 PST A BELL BHT-206-BIII HELICOPTER N25AJ PILOTED BY MR. JOHN NIELSEN, MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FLOOD CONTROL BASIN TWO MILES NORTHWEST OF THE BURBANK AIRPORT. AFTER EXPERIENCING AN UNUSUAL ENGINE VIBRATION. THE OWNER OF THE HELICOPTER, JETCOPTERS INC. DISPATCHED A MECHANIC TO THE LANDING AREA. THE MECHANIC CHANGED THE ENGINE BLEED VALVE AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE VAN NUYS AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. AT VAN NUYS THE ENGINE ANTI-ICE VALVE WAS REPLACED AND A COMPRESSOR WASH WAS PERFORMED. THE AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN AN ADDITIONAL FIVE HOURS WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE MECHANIC SUSPECTED THE BLEED VALVE WAS STICKING INTERMITTENTLY. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. NO M OR D FILED.

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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