# Incident 20030709031559I: Bell 206B, Freehold, NJ, July 9, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2003, 12:28 local time
- Place: Freehold, NJ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2602° N, 74.2759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freehold, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2602&lon=-74.2759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N515BG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N515BG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20J (registry code 54181, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20J
- Pilot flight hours: 1,401 total, 650 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030709031559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT BRIAN GOSNELL DEPARTED ALLAIRE AIRPORT (BLM) AT APPROXIMATELY 1205 PM ON THE JULY 9, 2003, FOR A FERRY FLIGHT TO STERLING MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT PENNS LANDING PHILA. PA. AT APPROXIMATELY 1228 PM AIRCRAFT CAUTION CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT CAME ON IN FLIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER CHIP LIGHT, HE LOST ENGINE OIL PRESSURE AND POWER. PILOT HEARD A HIGH SPEED WINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. PILOT ROLLED THROTTLE BACK, ENTERED AUTOROTATION TO A SAFE TOUCHDOWN. NO INJURY TO THE PILOT OR DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER. HELICOPTER WAS SET DOWN IN A FIELD IN WILLINGBORO, NJ OFF OF ROUTE 130 AND VAN SCIVER PARKWAY. STERLING HELICOPTER MOVE HELICOPTER FROM THE FIELD TO THEIR HANGAR IN PHILA. PA.

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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