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DEN89DQA01

1989-05-20 · FARMINGTON, New Mexico, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport FMN

N71HM has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BELL 206-L4, built 1994), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DUE TO A FAULTY CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM RESULTED IN FAILURE OF THE ENGINE IGNITION SYSTEM AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1989_DEN89DQA01.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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