- Date
- December 1, 1977
- Place
- Mansfield, TX · MANSFIELD, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9992KBell 222
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771201041999A
- Case key
- 143854
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4063 77/12/1 MANSFIELD,TX BELL 222 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0930 N9992K PX- 0 0 0 TEST 29, 4600 TOTAL HOURS, 245 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARLINGTON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- AFTER #1 ENG SHUT DOWN ENCRTD COMPRESSOR STALL,MOD ELECT SYS CAUSED HIGH RPM IND.DEC RPM THEN AUTO
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9992K
- Reported as
- Bell 222
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9992KRegistration cancelled Nov 28, 2012 · Bell 222Airframe modelBell 222Engine modelLycoming LTS-101 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.