# Incident 20080811842119I: Boeing 234, Kearney, NE, August 11, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2008, 09:00 local time
- Place: Kearney, NE
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7017° N, 99.0823° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kearney, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7017&lon=-99.0823&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 234
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080811842119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA (GRI), TO NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA (LBF), THIS NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD HELICOPTER MODEL CH-47 EXPERIENCED ILLUMINATION OF A CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT, SIGNALING A POSSIBLE FAILURE.  THE PILOT DECLARED A PRECAUTIONARY EMERGENCY TO DENVER CETNER AND LANDED IN A FIELD 15 MILES NORTH OF KEARNEY, NEBRASKA.

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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