# Incident 20130118001779I: Bell 430, Kahului, HI, January 18, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2013, 20:24 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DBZA
- Location: 20.8986° N, 156.4305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KAHULUI (OGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8986&lon=-156.4305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25CL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25CL-2023-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 430 (registry code 1182150, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C40B (registry code 54525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c40b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 430
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C40B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,938 total, 13 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130118001779I

## Narrative

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

AFTER ENCOUNTERING TURBULENCE AT MCGREGOR POINT (MAUI) ON THE WAY TO LANAI AIRPORT (HWAII) THE AUTO PILOT DISENGAGED AND THE PILOT LOST AIRSPEED LIGHT AND OTHER INSTRUMENT LIGHTS. AFTER THE PILOT TOOK OVER THE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, HE FOUND HIMSELF IN A UNUSUAL DESCENDING ATTITUDE AND HAD LOST A 1000 FEET OF ALTITUDE.  DURING THE INITIAL RECOVERY FROM THIS UNUSUAL ATTITUDE, THE PILOT OVERTORQUED THE AIRCRAFT THEN RECOVERED AND DECIDED TO PROCEED ON HIS MISSION. HE PRECEDED TO PICK UP HIS PATIENT IN LANAI, LANDED OVER THERE AND THEN TOOK OFF FROM LANAI IN THE NOW UNAIRWORTHY AIRCRAFT TO RETURN TO MAUI WITH HIS MEDICAL CREW AND PATIENT ON BOARD.  IT WAS DISCOVERED THE NEXT DAY THAT THE OVERSPEED HAD EXCEEDED TOLERENCE AND AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO BE PERFORMED.

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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