29.7103° N, 91.1915° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgan City, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 11, 1978 · 16:10 local
Place
Morgan City, LA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N9926K
Reported as
Bell 212
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,361 total670 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Precautionary landing after vibrations. Main rotor yoke was cracked.
As the FAA filed it
PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AFTER VIBRATIONS. MAIN ROTOR YOKE WAS CRACKED.