# Incident 19980901032159I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429, Bakersfield, CA, September 1, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1998, 11:22 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N447DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N447DF-2011-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429 (registry code 1182158, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-429) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980901032159I

## Narrative

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

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM JIM RAMAGE, CDF AVIATION MGMT/SAFETY. PILOT NOTED A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE FROM 55# TO 40# ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. VISUAL INSPECTION NOTED ENGINE LOOSING OIL. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN BUT WOULD NOT FEATHER. AIRCRAFT LANDED OFF RUNWAY AT MEADOWS FIELD (BFL) WITH ONLY DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT BEING TO LEFT ENGINE PROP. DUE TO A BLADE STRIKE ON A SIGN POST. COUSE OF RIGHT ENGINE FAILURE SUSPECTED TO BE A FAILURE OF THE RIGHT PROP FEATHERING PUMP ASSEMBLY.

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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