N9417A
Aurora Flight Sciences SKIRON X
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration expired on May 22, 2013.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- July 29, 1986Accident
A BELL 47G3B1 CRASHED INTO THE SOUTH SANTIAM RIVER AFTER CONTACTING POWER LINES WHILE ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE CFI (HELICOPTER) PLT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE PRIVATE PLT (AIRPLANE) HELICOPTER STUDENT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
- April 15, 1986Accident
THE PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER APRX 15 MINUTES OF FLT, THE ENG SPUTTERED 2 OR 3 TIMES. AN AUTOROTATION WAS PERFORMED ONTO ROUGH TERRAIN DURING WHICH THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT WAS DAMAGED BY THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED A HOLE IN THE FUEL LINE TO THE FILTER.
- July 19, 1985Accident
THE PLT STATED HE PERFORMED 4 CIRCLING APPROACHES OVER A SAND BAR AND ON THE 5TH APPROCAH, ROTOR RPM DECAYED. UNABLE TO REGAIN THE RPM, A HARD LANDING RESULTED DURING WHICH THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES SEVERED THE TAILROTOR.