# Accident 19810722043659A: Bell 206L1, Gillis, LA, July 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1981, 13:50 local time
- Place: Gillis, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3769° N, 93.1998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gillis, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3769&lon=-93.1998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57441, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1 (registry code 1182107, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C30P (registry code 54013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c30p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L1
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C28B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,790 total, 188 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810722043659A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE MALFUNCTION CAUSED AUTOROTATION IN FIELD. MAIN ROTOR BLADES CHOPPED OFF TAIL BOOM.

## 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 FTW81DA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DA125), Jul 22, 1981: Bell 206L1 (N57441), Lake Charles, LA, substantial damage

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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