# Incident 20100128027579I: Bell 427, Arlington, TX, January 28, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2010, 11:25 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Airport: Arlington
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6639° N, 97.0943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (GKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6639&lon=-97.0943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N427F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N427F-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 427 (registry code 1182152, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-427) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D (registry code 52156, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw207d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 427
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW207D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 31 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100128027579I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 28, 2010 AT 11:25 LOCAL TIME BELL HELICOPTER MODEL 427, N427F, OWNED AND OPERATED BY BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT ARLINGTON AIRPORT, ARLINGTON TEXAS. WHILE RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT AFTER A MAINTENANCE FLIGHT THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE LOST POWER FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE LOSSING POWER. VISUAL FLIGHT RULE CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE AUTO ROTATION. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOTS CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM ARLINGTON AIRPORT.

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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