# Incident 20010830025289I: Bell UH1B, Gardiner, MT, August 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Gardiner, MT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: SCFL
- Location: 45.0525° N, 110.7378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gardiner, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0525&lon=-110.7378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N842M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N842M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Garlick Helicopters UH-1B (registry code 3740001, https://openairdocs.org/model/garlick-helicopters-uh-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming T53-L-13 (registry code 41551, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t53-l-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL UH1B
- Reported engine: LYC T53L13BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010830025289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE FLYING FIRE SUPPRESSION AS PUBLIC USE, PILOT HEARD A FEW "BAM" SOUNDS FROM ENGINE ARE. WATER HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM A SLING BUCKET AND PILOT, TIM LYONS OF RIVER CITY HELICOPTERS, HAD A CLEARING IN SIGHT BELOW THE HELICOPTER. ENGINE RPM WAS DECREASING AS AUTOROTATION FROM HOVER WAS PERFORMED. ENGINE TEAR-DOWN BY OWNER, GARLICK HELICOPTERS, REVEALED FAILURE OF THE #1 G.P. ROTOR BLADES.

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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