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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206B3 · Cambridge, MA · June 20, 2000

Date
June 20, 2000 · 17:10 local
Place
Cambridge, MA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N50Q
Reported as
Bell 206B3
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,586 total3,000 in this make and model39 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23)At approx 1705 on 20 June 2000, N50Q a Bell ranger experienced a rotor caution light and warning horn followed by a loss of hydraulic pressure. An uneventful precautionary landing was made at the mit athletic field in Cambridge, MA. No injuries, no damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AT APPROX 1705 ON 20 JUNE 2000, N50Q A BELL RANGER EXPERIENCED A ROTOR CAUTION LIGHT AND WARNING HORN FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. AN UNEVENTFUL PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE AT THE MIT ATHLETIC FIELD IN CAMBRIDGE, MA. NO INJURIES, NO DAMAGE.