# Incident 20020610015879I: Bell 47G2, Sacramento, CA, June 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2002, 23:45 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Mather Afb
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2616B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2616B-2013-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell-Yehnert 47G-2 (registry code 1181310, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-yehnert-47g-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 47G2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020610015879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING A SOLO FLIGHT FROM AND RETURNING TO RANCHO MURIETA AIRPORT, HE OBSERVED THE OIL TEMPERATURE RISING. HE CONTACTED SACRAMENTO APPROACH AND ADVISED THE CONTROLLERS OF THE PROBLEM. THEN HE MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING 5 MILES EAST OF MATHER FIELD BEFORE ENGINE OPERATING TEMPERATURES WERE EXCEEDED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY AND NO INJURIES. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A BEARING FAILURE ON THE COOLING FAN OUT-PUT SHAFT.

## Other reports on N2616B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20021102030459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021102030459A), Nov 2, 2002: Bell 47G2 (N2616B), Pollickpines, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) During take off helicopter struck bush and crashed.

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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