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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206L1 · Bismarck, ND · July 6, 2001

Date: July 6, 2001 · 13:00 local
Place: Bismarck, ND
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N656NA
Reported as: Bell 206L1
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,100 total120 in this make and model30 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) On July 7, 2001 at 1300 central time Bell helicopter model 206-L-1, made a precautionary landing in a field 20 miles southwest of Bismarck, ND, due to a fluctuating turbine outlet temperature gauge. There was no damage to the aircraft and no injuries. Gauge was replaced by maintenance personnel, operational check was performed, aircraft departed with no further problems.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 7, 2001 AT 1300 CENTRAL TIME BELL HELICOPTER MODEL 206-L-1, MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BISMARCK, ND, DUE TO A FLUCTUATING TURBINE OUTLET TEMPERATURE GAUGE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. GAUGE WAS REPLACED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.