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FAA incident report · Bell 204-B · Barstow, CA · February 22, 1998

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Date
February 22, 1998 · 17:15 local
Place
Barstow, CA
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N204SH
Reported as
Bell 204B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15,000 total5,000 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days
N204SHRegistration cancelled Jan 16, 2018 · Bell 204-BS/N 2019Airframe modelBell 204-BEngine modelLycoming T-53 seriesReciprocating

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 February 21, 1998, at 1715 PST, a Bell helicopter model 204B, serial number 2019, N204SH, made a precautionary landing. The location was in the open desert three and a half miles north of I-40 and 12 miles east of Barstow, CA. The landing was initiated by the pilot because of two engine fire warning lights, after landing the aircraft caught fire. Investigation of cause of fire warning light could not be conducted due to post landing fire. This was considered an incident by NTSB.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 21, 1998, AT 1715 PST, A BELL HELICOPTER MODEL 204B, SERIAL NUMBER 2019, N204SH, MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE LOCATION WAS IN THE OPEN DESERT THREE AND A HALF MILES NORTH OF I-40 AND 12 MILES EAST OF BARSTOW, CA. THE LANDING WAS INITIATED BY THE PILOT BECAUSE OF TWO ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHTS, AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE. INVESTIGATION OF CAUSE OF FIRE WARNING LIGHT COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED DUE TO POST LANDING FIRE. THIS WAS CONSIDERED AN INCIDENT BY NTSB.