# Incident 19811022082599I: Bell 206L, Ship Shoal Bloc, LA, October 22, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1981, 17:45 local time
- Place: Ship Shoal Bloc, LA
- Airport: Barge Marlin One
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N16705, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16705-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206L (registry code 1181522, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206L
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,198 total, 697 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811022082599I

## Narrative

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

TAILROTOR BLADES STRUCK SAFETY FENCE ON DRILLING TENDER HELIPAD.

## Other reports on N16705 (2)

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

- [Accident 19940325006599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940325006599A), Mar 25, 1994: Bell 206L (N16705), Orlando, FL, Substantial damage. N2 turbine overspeed reported. Began to land. Engine quit too low for autorotation. Crashed. No anomalies found.
- [Incident 19820326021429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820326021429I), Mar 26, 1982: Bell 206L (N16705), Leeville, LA, Minor damage. Takeoff aborted when check pilot had no antitorque control when lifting to a hover.

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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