# Incident 19811126089739I: Bell 206L1, Avalon, CA, November 26, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1981, 09:10 local time
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HELA
- Location: 33.3440° N, 118.3214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avalon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3440&lon=-118.3214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57397, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57397-1989-03-15) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,326 total, 25 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82IA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82IA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811126089739I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE EN ROUTE. INFLATED FLOATS, AUTOROTATED TO OCEAN LANDING. BEARING FAILURE IN ENGINE TURBINE SECTION.

## 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 LAX82IA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82IA022), Nov 26, 1981: Bell 206L-1 (N57397), Avalon, CA, incident, no 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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