# Accident 19810325012419A: Bell 206L1, Freeport, TX, March 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1981, 07:50 local time
- Place: Freeport, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 28.9433° N, 95.3561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freeport, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9433&lon=-95.3561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1077N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1077N-1997-03-31) (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 250C*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,849 total, 300 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810325012419A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED AND PILOT MADE AUTOROTATION LANDING. FLOATS DID NOT DEPLOY AND HELICOPTER FLIPPED OVER IN WATER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW81FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA056), Mar 25, 1981: Bell 206L-1 (N1077N), Gulf Of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico), substantial damage

## Other reports on N1077N (1)

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

- [Accident 19940214004279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940214004279A), Feb 14, 1994: Bell 206L1 (N1077N), Daggett, CA, Destroyed. Lost rotor RPM while testing new clutch assembly. Landed hard. Bounced. Came down in spin. Rolled over.

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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