# Incident 20100122026379I: Bell 206B-III, Farmington Hill, MI, January 22, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2010, 08:10 local time
- Place: Farmington Hill, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DDZA
- Location: 42.4853° N, 83.3772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmington Hills, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4853&lon=-83.3772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2BQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2BQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B-III (registry code 1181506, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b-iii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B-III
- Reported engine: ALLISON/RR 250-C20
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 14,300 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100122026379I

## Narrative

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

IN CRUISE FLIGHT, PIC HEARD NOISE, FELT VIBRATION ( APPROX 2 SECONDS), THEN TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE WITH ASSOCIATED LIGHT AND AURAL WARNINGS. PIC INITIATED AUTOROTATION TO A SUCCESSFUL LANDING. PERSONNEL DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES INVOLVED.

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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