Kern County

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Also recorded as: Kern County

Accident & enforcement record

Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2011-09-04 Operator named in NTSB report
BELL 205 (N205WW) Minor injury Part 133

Operated by Kern County (per NTSB report)

The pilot's inability to adequately execute an emergency autorotation due to the flight's low altitude during external load operations, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was a torsionally overstressed tachometer shaft, which sent erroneous engine rpm readings to the cockpit.

Source: NTSB case WPR11GA431

FAA enforcement actions

No FAA enforcement actions linked to this operator.

Maintenance disclosure history

No maintenance difficulty reports on file. Note: SDR filing is largely voluntary, so absence is not evidence of a clean maintenance history.

Linked aircraft

N-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
N205WWBELL 205A-11980Valid RegistrationOperator named in NTSB report

Aircraft with earlier records under this certificate

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