# Incident 19790311010899I: Bell 206B, Morgan City, LA, March 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1979, 08:30 local time
- Place: Morgan City, LA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.7103° N, 91.1915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgan City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7103&lon=-91.1915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4010G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4010G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20 (registry code 54178, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,488 total, 354 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790311010899I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

2 BLADES ON NR 1 COMPRESSOR WHEEL FAILED. ENG P N 685334, 1ST STAGE COMPRESSOR WHEEL P N 6876651.

## Other reports on N4010G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990909036609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990909036609A), Sep 9, 1999: Bell 206B (N4010G), Nekoosa, WI, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 9, 1999, at 1015 central daylight time, a Bell 206B, N4010G, operated and piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when it…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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