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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Baton Rouge, LA · June 10, 1980

Date: June 10, 1980 · 09:22 local
Place: Baton Rouge, LA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N89BP
Reported as: Bell 206B
Reported engine: Allison 250C20
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,325 total3,870 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N89BPRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 1983 · Bell 206BS/N 1729 Airframe modelBell 206B

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.

Forced landing necessary due to loss of power. Landed in water and sank. Not recovered.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING NECESSARY DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. LANDED IN WATER AND SANK. NOT RECOVERED.