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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 212 · Bozeman, MT · July 28, 2000

Date: July 28, 2000 · 17:15 local
Place: Bozeman, MT
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N215EL
Reported as: Bell 212
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6T3
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,000 total

N215ELRegistration cancelled Jun 6, 2005 · Bell 212S/N 31115 · Built 1980 Airframe modelBell 212 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3Turbo-shaft

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) The a/c was being operated under public use by the U.S. Forest service conducting a fire fighting mission. Helicopter was going in for a water drop when the pilot reported a pop in the right engine. The fuel pressure dropped and the pilot shut down the engine. The pilot made a descent back to the heliport and dropped the long line and bucket. He then made an uneventful landing. The engine was removed and was sent to consolidated heliflight (stroud,OK) for repair and determination of the cause of the failure. Operator stated a m or d will be completed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE A/C WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER PUBLIC USE BY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE CONDUCTING A FIRE FIGHTING MISSION. HELICOPTER WAS GOING IN FOR A WATER DROP WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED A POP IN THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE FUEL PRESSURE DROPPED AND THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE PILOT MADE A DESCENT BACK TO THE HELIPORT AND DROPPED THE LONG LINE AND BUCKET. HE THEN MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND WAS SENT TO CONSOLIDATED HELIFLIGHT (STROUD,OK) FOR REPAIR AND DETERMINATION OF THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. OPERATOR STATED A M OR D WILL BE COMPLETED.