# Incident 19801224088009I: Bell 206L1, Galveston, TX, December 24, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2775W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2775W-1981-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,776 total, 369 in this make and model, 254 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801224088009I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING IN ROUGH WATER AFTER POWER LOSS. SUSPECT INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. HELICOPTOR SANK.

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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