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Incident

FAA incident report · Bell 206B · Grand Isle, LA · April 11, 1981

Date
April 11, 1981 · 07:10 local
Place
Grand Isle, LA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N4019G
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81IA070
Reported as
Bell 206B
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Loud bang departing oil platform. Auto landed in gulf. Fuel pump drive shaft failed. Splines worn out, prematurely.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD BANG DEPARTING OIL PLATFORM. AUTO LANDED IN GULF. FUEL PUMP DRIVE SHAFT FAILED. SPLINES WORN OUT, PREMATURELY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.