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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206L · Morgan City, LA · March 6, 1979

Date
March 6, 1979 · 12:15 local
Place
Morgan City, LA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALG
Aircraft
N333LM
Reported as
Bell 206L
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,900 total548 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.

Engine chip detector light came on followed by noise, vibrations and engine stoppage.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY NOISE, VIBRATIONS AND ENGINE STOPPAGE.